I would like to start developing mobile-friendly versions of websites for my clients, however, I am baffled with options and google search wasn’t very helpful – there is so many options and opinions, I’ve been reading for few days now and still have no idea how to start.
What’s your opinion/experience about/with it?
My main points:
- mobile devices supported (in order of relevance): iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G, Blackberry, Droid powered mobiles, other
- phone friendly numbers, phone friendly emails
- contact/register form working on each (or the most possible) devices listed
jQTouch seems superb (simple, quick, working), I’m not sure about it on blackberry/droid and I don’t want to create 6 web versions for each mobile device – Makes even less sense if you consider, that I’m starting with small web (6-10 pages, 1 contact form, 3 register forms) to play with.
Thank you
my 2c;
the best approach is the one we use on the web as we know it; cross-browser development.
use (basic) html & css to start with (ensuring you’ll reach as many handsets as possible) & progressively enhance by adding more complex stuff (javascript & more specific css) for more advanced devices.
jqtouch (which has to be combined with jquery if i’m not mistaking) is swell, but very much iphone-centric (some of the nifty css-stuff doesn’t work anywhere else). a (slightly) more cross-platform js-framework is the jquery-like xui.
once you have something up and running, testing it on mobi.ready might be a good idea.