As we pointed out in an article on February 12, about 4 percent of the visitors to WildfireToday.com do it on a mobile device such as a smart phone. That number may increase after today because we just optimized our site for these hand-held devices. Previously when you used a smart phone the site would take a while to load, the type would be small requiring you to zoom in, and the photos would then be too large to conveniently view.
Changes made today fix these issues. It loads very quickly and the type and photos are appropriately sized for reading and viewing on a small screen.
It looks very different, however, as you can see:
You will see a list of posts titles, rather than opening the latest six posts all at the same time as happens on the regular version of the site. If you prefer the standard view of the site on your smart phone, simply click “View Full Version”.
We hope this works for you if you use a smart phone. For now we will consider it an experiment. Let us know what you think, and if you have any issues, good or bad, let us know what type of device and operating system you are using.
Have you taken the poll about what mobile devices you use, if any?
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On February 22, 2011 we improved the mobile viewing experience. More info.
Works great. Thanks. Much easier to keep up on updates this way when not at the desk.
Found a glitch tonight if you’re not already aware of it…viewing from my blackberry, the links to view or post comments are there, but in clicking on either it just goes right back to the same page, never accesses the comments. Other than that, seems great from the mobile.
Thanks EricW-
We just changed to a different system and now you can view and write comments. With the new system, when viewed on a mobile phone, the site initially opens in mobile-optimized mode, and looks very different from what you see when viewed on a computer. You can switch back and forth between mobile and standard view by clicking the “Mobile Theme” on/off button at the bottom of every page.
We are still smoothing out some wrinkles in this new system, but we think you’ll like it since it allows you to choose which view, or “theme”, you prefer.
Feedback is appreciated. It has not been tested on an iPhone yet.