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

[Henry Bankhead]

NYU
http://www.nyu.edu/its/pubs/connect/spring04/dipasquale_arch.html

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From: web4lib at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:01 AM
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Handhelds (was Re: Web Page Width - To Restrict or
Not to Restrict)

Isn't that what WML was made for, not that I know anybody who uses it. 

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ScottPfitzinger.7473760 at bloglines.com
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Handhelds (was Re: Web Page Width - To Restrict or
Not to Restrict)

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



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