Mobile friendly parser for bbc.co.uk desktop sites
I have been inspired by the google.com mobile option 'Format pages for your phone' and would love to see something similar on bbc.co.uk
When going through Google search on your phone this turns barlesque sites like /ouch and /programmes from an unreadable mess (entering the URL direct on my Nokia 5310,) into really usable mobile sites. It seems to have a number of tricks up its sleeve to do this:
*strips out extra style and layout information, so the page flows in a linear fashion
*resizes images to fit your phone screen
*Gives you the option to show or hide long bits of text, or complex parts of the page
*splits long pages into a few small pages
*gives you the option to switch between the mobile and original versions of the page
I would hope with some intelligent sniffing and a good mobile page parser (think betsie 2.0) we could do something similar for people that go direct to barlesque sites on their phone.
You can try the google mobile parser in your desktop browser by going to: http://www.google.com/m?source=mobile...
When going through Google search on your phone this turns barlesque sites like /ouch and /programmes from an unreadable mess (entering the URL direct on my Nokia 5310,) into really usable mobile sites. It seems to have a number of tricks up its sleeve to do this:
*strips out extra style and layout information, so the page flows in a linear fashion
*resizes images to fit your phone screen
*Gives you the option to show or hide long bits of text, or complex parts of the page
*splits long pages into a few small pages
*gives you the option to switch between the mobile and original versions of the page
I would hope with some intelligent sniffing and a good mobile page parser (think betsie 2.0) we could do something similar for people that go direct to barlesque sites on their phone.
You can try the google mobile parser in your desktop browser by going to: http://www.google.com/m?source=mobile...
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Inappropriate?/programmes already has mobile friendly views:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programme...
just add .mp to a standard url. It's still in development so there may be gaps. Content negotiation / device detection is on the way so you won't need the ugly extension. the same functionality will be on /music soon
I’m confident
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Inappropriate?[http://www.shoppingtiffany.co.uk/ukti... Tiffany Rings]
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