Desgining Websites with Cellphones in Mind

iphoneWith the exception of iPhones  (whose browser is Safari), most cell phones cannot view flash websites or flash elements in an HTML website.  With the proliferation of mobile devices, more people are surfing the internet from something other than a desktop or notebook computer.
Some companies that actually have flash websites, design multiple versions of their site so that it is compatible both with mobile devices and the major web browsers used on desktop and notebook computers.  I discovered this when I typed the same address in two different devices and got two different sites - one designed for mobile devices and one designed for non-mobile devices.

One of my customers mentioned that her website was visible on a computer but not on cellphones.  She has a Blackberry; I have an Android.  Both are smart phones and neither displayed sites that have flash.  So I removed the flash from her site - problem solved.

Two HTML/CSS/CMS site types that seems to display well on cellphones is WordPress and DotNetNuke, so I will definitely continue to use that as a tool of choice for those those who do not insist on flash.

I would imagine in the next 2-3 years, all smart phones will support Flash.
Posted by Regina Thurston at 4/22/2011 10:16 PM
Categories: Web Design
 

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