INFO: PDAs and the web
I've been looking into the PDA compatibility issue, and my findings are not promising. Today I checked with Elizabeth Castro's HTML For The World Wide Web which is considered to be the web designer's bible by most of the designers I've spoken with. She devotes one of the largest chapters in the book to WML: Web Pages for Mobile Devices. In a nutshell, we would have to code, by hand, a parallel website for PDAs using WML instead of XHTML and CSS. This is the only way of insuring complete compatibility.
For some compatibility we can use the following basic rules of thumb, however, even these rules make implementation of the "bells and whistles" impossible.
There are four basic rules to create a good site for a palm sized device:
For some compatibility we can use the following basic rules of thumb, however, even these rules make implementation of the "bells and whistles" impossible.
There are four basic rules to create a good site for a palm sized device:
- Stick to basic HTML tags such as: p, br, b, i, pre, headers (h1-6), blockquote, center, ul, ol, li, images, tables
- Avoid frames, layers, imagemaps, plugins, Javascript, Java, and CSS
- Keep your screens small, and avoid clutter
- Be aware of how graphics are displayed
posted by Lucorico at 11:59 AM
1 Comments:
I can forward this information to Linda to ask how she would like us to proceed. If we all agree that this is a higher level / tier implementation than we will be able to accomplish in the scope of the project, then I think it is better to inform of that now rather than later. Thoughts?
Mandy
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