[WEB4LIB] Handhelds (was Re: Web Page Width - To Restrict or Not to Restrict) [heur]

[Carol Bean]

Not at the library website, but it's something I've been working on implementing on other sites.
 
The Opera website has some guidelines for writing for handhelds, but I'm not sure how well it works on browsers other than theirs.  You wouldn't happen to have some more resources, would you?
: )
 
Carol Bean
 
Computer Center Manager
North County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System

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	Subject: [WEB4LIB] Handhelds (was Re: Web Page Width - To Restrict or Not to Restrict) [heur]
	
	

	I would like to throw a monkey wrench into the discussion now.
	
	How about
	all the people that are now accessing online materials (including library
	websites) from handheld devices? I have been observing a trend AWAY from large-screen
	design (rather like html tables, which were popular for a few years, then
	went away) toward restricted and fixed widths so that the sites are readable
	on handhelds.
	
	Are any of you libraries designing your website to accomodate
	handhelds? Or maybe providing a "Mobile" version of your site?
	
	Scott Pfitzinger
	
	Reference Librarian
	Butler University
	Indianapolis, IN