Comments on: Mobile Optimized Websites, More Harm Than Good? 7 Sites Compared

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:29:31 +0000

Check out trekkertime.com. It’s pretty sweet if you like traveling.

By: Traveler_M5

Traveler_M5 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:35:15 +0000

I came upon on this write up while searching for a JB app that is able
to mask mobile safari as the browser type. I’m also annoyed by all
the mobile specific websites. If anybody happens to find the app and
repository please post the relevant information.

By: Traveler_M5

Traveler_M5 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:33:58 +0000

I came upon on this write upwhile searching for a JB apps that is able
to mask the mobile safari as the browser type. I’m also annoyed by all
the mobile specific websites. If anybody happens to find the app and
repository please post.

By: MrT

MrT — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:33:00 +0000

Is there any way of stopping the browser defaulting to the web-version? http://itn.co.uk always goes to mobile version no matter what suffix you add to the address… dammit!

By: mayer

mayer — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:21:57 +0000

I think mobile optimized sites are a great idea. This idea of pulling and pinching your fingers on an iPhone is cool, but to use it constantly on a site with a lot of content is annoying. By creating mobile optimized sites, these companies are making me do less work to get to their content. It’s a usability issue that I’m glad they’ve addressed.

By: Orion

Orion — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:27:21 +0000

I hate to say it but this is yet another way Windows Mobile outshines the iPhone. There’s a setting available in Internet Explorer that makes the website see the phone browser as the desktop version so visitors aren’t pushed to the watered down mobile version of the site.

*sigh*

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:31:13 +0000

Thank you for writing this article…

By: bonik

bonik — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:18:26 +0000

fully agree…

By: JohnBB

JohnBB — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:19:25 +0000

I can see the future people. Gizmodo is going to get rid of the forcing people to the mobile site. Just you wait and see..

By: Frank Metcalf

Frank Metcalf — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:56:11 +0000

I actually found a site that I thought did a pretty good job with their mobile version. Circuit City of all places…I know that sounds hard to believe since I think their in bankruptcy. Last weekend while standing in a long line at Best Buy I decided to see if I could find the same product online cheaper a Circuit City which was just around the corner. Sure enough when I entered the website I was redirected to the mobile version of their site. To my surprise I was able to easily search for and find the product I was looking for. Even better than this I was able to find a lot of good product info such as price, features, product rating scores and even customer reviews!