I'm all for clean mobile versions of sites (partially so I can use them on the desktop to get rid of clutter), but what kind of idiotic design leaves part of the content out? Another bad pattern -- click on a "mobile version" link and it redirects you to the "main" mobile page. Oh yeah, it's going to be really easy to find my way back to the original article on a phone...
- Joel Webber
Listen, bitchin' about it here (and not even in its proper place, Bitchfest) won't do any good. Rather, send off a postcard to the editor of the offending rag, telling him/her how much you dislike being automatically redirected to a by-design crippled site just because your browser isn't among the 3 or 4 they consider suitable for their content. I have a bunch of postcards already...
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- ianf ⌘
One can fuss about things online without being ugly about it. The voice is a very important thing in life. That is what makes social networking so powerful.
- Brandon
Who says anything about "ugly?" I talk about being e.f.f.e.c.t.i.v.e, affecting change. Trust me, a picture postcard addressed to the right party (from the masthead) does not go unnoticed, whereas online talk is, well, lotsa talk.
- ianf ⌘
Nice idea, ianf. How many postcards did you sent to Friendfeed?
- Jérôme Flipo
To FF: none so far. Maybe I should, though postcard space isn't enough to express what I'd want to say. To the Times I simply write along the lines of "please stop sending my Palm Lifedrive to your crippled timesmobile.mobi site. Not your problem how well I can cope with the ordinary timesonline site. Thanks."
- ianf ⌘
@danielraffel social security leading digits are based on where you're born.