Questions tagged [mobile-website]

Mobile Website refers to the design and implementation of web content aimed at clients using mobile devices such as phones or tablets.

Mobile websites allow us to consume information that has been formatted to better fit the browser on our mobile devices.

When consuming content from a phone or tablet, websites that were not designed for these devices can often be difficult to navigate or interpret. Mobile websites bridge this gap by offering content designed specifically for mobile consumption.

Some solutions include redirecting users to a separate mobile web sites or using media queries or some other browser detection to serve alternate styling or HTML.

Another consideration of mobile websites is that of page weight. Because many mobile browsers use mobile carrier networks to connect to the internet, it is a good practice to conserve the amount of data your page requires. These practices may include compressed scripts or resources, smaller images suited specifically for mobile consumptions, or otherwise reducing page size by breaking up the content into more manageable areas/pages.

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Using client side XSLT transformations in the HTML5 era

Can anyone help regarding the availability of client-side XSLT in mobile HTML5 browsers? caniuse.com has nothing on it. Is XSLT actually standardized across current mobile browsers? The HTML5 spec has nothing on XSLT which puts into question whether…
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Mobile version of the app is unavailable because it is misconfigured for mobile access

I don't see any requirements aside from the registration one here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/guides/mobile/web/#register I've set the Mobile Web URL to the secure canvas url, but am receiving the error Mobile version of the app…
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iPhone Browser emulator with orientation detection

I'm looking for an iPhone browser emulator like iBBDemo2 for Windows. But since iBBDemo doesn't seem to support orientation (yes, its rotatable but this information is not send to the server as the iPhone does, to use this information in the…
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Jquery mobile header links overlap with long text

I just started working on a jquery mobile app and I am having issues with the header bar when using links.
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Will any user disable JavaScript in mobile browsers like iphone, android? even if device is capable?

On desktop websites we always think "what if the user has JavaScript disabled" and we try to make our code gracefully degradable so we can at least display the important info. But in Mobile browsers should we think the same way? Is there any reason…
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How to test for mobile webkit

I'm looking to build a new website and want to take a responsible "mobile-first" approach. One tenet of this methodology is to only load what you need, and to avoid including large wasteful libraries and frameworks until you actually need them. For…
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Using Viewport to create a mobile friendly version

I'm working on a site, but I want a mobile friendly version aswell. I'm a newbie to this. Someone suggested I should use the following code, to which I can't find many relating question on here:
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Which is preferred oldest browser and shortest Screen Size of mobile to test website and which has Facility to surf Internet and still in use?

Which is oldest browser and shortest Screen Size of mobile which has Facility to surf Internet and still in use? I'm making a Mobile site for Older devices (Not for Smartphones), which are still in use. I'm testing on Nokia 5130 Xpress Music mobile…
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Do any automated browser testing tools support iOS and Android browsers?

I am aware of both Selenium and Watir, but neither seem to offer support for iOS and Android browsers (including touch gestures) Is there anything out there that does? Any recommendations? If there is no existing software, can anyone recommend a…
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permission popup on captive portal

I'm creating this landing page that's supposed to be triggered by a captive portal. on my landing page, there's a button to trigger open a
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How reliable is detecting mobile devices by screen resolution?

This sounds a bit too good to be true, so please tell me if it is. If I have just one single version of a mobile website (no variations for different devices, just one website for all mobiles), how reliable it is to detect mobile devices by screen…
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How to stop auto scroll to focused input in Mobile web browser

In mobile device, when I open my page, and select an inputbox, the virtual keyboard is open, and page got scrolled automatically to put inputbox at center. I do not want this action. I have googled many answers, most of them suggested to manually…
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Fixed header and footer in mobile version a website

I am developing a mobile version of my website which I am testing on my Samsung Galaxy S android mobile device running Froyo (2.2). I would like to , when viewed with the standard internet browser, have a fixed header and a fixed footer ( which are…
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Demand for iPhone App ported to Android?

Although not really a programming question I believe many developers would have come across this and therefore give the best answer. Currently I am developing an App for iPhone for the organisation I work for. Its close to release and there is heaps…
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Android Web Browser Scaling Works More Effectively for Images than Sprites

I'm developing a mobile web application and I have a home screen with a number of icons on it, so I tried to use a sprite to serve all the images in one swoop. I noticed, however, that the iphone4 scaled the images in my sprite fairly well (they…
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