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Web Design Hampers Mobile Internet?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yin-and-yang-of-the-net dept.

aws910 writes "Reuters is running an article on how flashy web design is impacting the usability of internet-enabled mobile devices, with quotes from Tim Berners-Lee. Although the article is sparse on details, it is an interesting topic for discussion. Having recently bought an internet-enabled cellphone, I can honestly say that most websites are painful to view on a 240x320 screen over a GPRS connection(EVDO is expensive/US-only). Have we moved away from 56K-modem-oriented design, only to be pulled back in that direction?"

5 of 434 comments (clear)

  1. Try to /. on a palm. by qualico · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let me save you the suspense.
    It's painful.

    1. Re:Try to /. on a palm. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      >Let me save you the suspense. It's painful

      So you're saying you get the identical experience, then?

  2. Re:My cellphone's internet access... by Shakrai · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I had my Internet enabled Nextel phone it was strictly used for cheating at trivia contests in the local bar.....

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  3. succinct? by sulli · · Score: 5, Funny

    the topic is
    sparse on det-
    ails because
    it needs to
    fit into a mo-
    bile phone
    screen.

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  4. Re:Useless... by Hoplite3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, there is a group of people that should have a cellphone shoved up their ---.

    And to the other poster: When I'm travelling, I use a device called a "book". It has great battery life, but doesn't deal well with water. On trips over two hours, I bring two.

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