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Practicality versus Purity - Alternation versus Adaptation

Started by Barry Welford · 10 months ago

Not learning from history is a real shame.

Heraclitus over 2,500 years ago said the equivalent of “You can never jump into the same river twice.” In other words, things are always changing. Actions that might have been appropriate at one time may no longer be ap ... Continue reading »

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  • Barry--After reading your post, I purchased two .mobi domains.

    I tried Yahoo first, but they don’t support the mobi extension, so I went with Go Daddy. Their sign up process is awful; screen after screen of clutter trying to sell add-ons. Annoying, disgusting, abusive marketing! Gave some serious thought to ditching before making the purchase, but the names were too good to walk away from. Wish I could have gone with Yahoo.

    I’m convinced that the mobile market is different and deserves sites built specifically for it. I followed the link you provided to the article by Dr. Rotan Hanrahan, but decided that my teenager and her friends are better indicators of the future. Miniaturizing my current .com sites, even with perfect W3C code, wouldn’t work because they’re picture sites.

    Now, my goal is to come up with a whole new vision designed for my same visitors, but something that meets their needs when they’re on the go. I wish more people would do this…create material specifically for the mobile market.

    I really want more reading material for my SideKick.
  • Thank you for your comments, Christina. I think the majority of people will decide that what you're doing makes a lot of sense. The Mobile Web will be defined by its users.

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