Mobile Web
Developing sites for the mobile web provides additional challenges not seen in traditional web development. In developing a site to be viewed on a computer there are certain assumptions that can be made. According to w3schools.com 86% of computer screen resolutions are 1024x768 or higher. This means as a developer, we can design a website with a certain screen size in mind. In mobile devices screen sizes are much smaller and much less standardized.
Another development challenge is the variance of features support. Many features that are relatively universal on computers (CSS, Javascript, image format support, HTML tables) are still not supported on various mobile devices.
Building sites for the mobile web requires designing pages so that they can take advantage of additional functionality and larger screen sizes, but remain functional and visually appealing to those users with less able mobile devices.
Eclipse Media Solutions works closely with Mobile Marketing, a text message marketing company to develop mobile sites that are rich in both content and functionality. One example of a site we have developed is nicemobi.mobi/iluv. If viewing this page from a computer you can get an idea of what the page would look like on a mobile device by shrinking the width of your browser window to 2-3 inches.
