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Old 02-15-2008, 03:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Willemina View Post
Why is that?
As BigAl said, screen real estate is scarce on mobile devices. Most cell phones rarely have anything larger than a 320x240px screen and some are even smaller. If you don't create a design which can work across a broad range of resolutions, some of your visitors will be left with a tiny skinny band down the center of their screen for your content or on the flipside, may need to horizontally scroll an unacceptable distance just to read your content.

Here are some links about mobile devices you may find useful:
Global Authoring Practices for the Mobile Web
Emulator | dotMobi
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