... None of these meta tags fixes the problem in Opera: http://files.trygve-lie.com/tests/css_mobile_extra_a/fix.html Trygve...
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Trygve Lie
trygvelie
Jul 26, 2011 12:55 pm
Hi Opera Mobile does this. It does in a way "assume" that number with 5 numbers in it or more are telephone numbers. A test case can be seen here: ...
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Luca Passani
luca_passani
Jul 26, 2011 12:53 pm
... Not sure whether this helps, but with the iphone you fix the problem with: <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> on RIM <meta...
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gentle_media
Jul 26, 2011 12:42 pm
Hi everybody, I'm new here and new to optimizing websites for mobile. I have the Opera Mobile emulator installed to check my progress in that browser and I've...
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Caleb Wong
ca1ebo
Jul 19, 2011 2:13 pm
Hello, I'm currently working on creating styles on a mobile specific site, the site will be mainly supporting smart phones such as iphone & android, everything...
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Jason Grigsby
jasonlgrigsby
Jul 19, 2011 1:56 am
To be clear, I didn’t conduct the Bing research. Just pointing out what others have found. Google and Yahoo are using data URI without storage in order to...
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James Pearce
kuriuskat2001
Jul 19, 2011 12:20 am
Best to use Weinre to peer into data stores on an actual device, I'd say. Steve spotted the technique in the wild here: ...
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Barney Carroll
barney.carroll@...
Jul 19, 2011 12:05 am
Jason, Thanks a lot for the technical explanation and examples: the missing pieces of the puzzle were local storage for dynamic resource definition and cookies...
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Stephanie Rieger
yiibu_steph
Jul 18, 2011 3:35 pm
Hi Ulrich, We would recommend ems vs px. Ems can be used quite reliably but also provide an added advantage on older devices. Many older devices (pre-touch and...
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bharathkumar2007
bharathkumar...
Jul 18, 2011 11:01 am
Hi Friends, I am developing a Mobile Web Application and I am new to this. I am aware of that we need to create a fluid layout to match different mobile screen...
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bartekszopka
Jul 18, 2011 10:45 am
Hi, Does anyone have an emulator for NetFront browser pre 4? Ideally versions 3.3 or 3.5 that were shipped with many Sony Ericsson phones. ACCESS website only...
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Tim Kadlec
timkadlec
Jul 15, 2011 4:40 pm
For some more detailed information on the technique Bing uses, check out this talk by James Mickens from MIX ( http://channel9.msdn.com/events/MIX/MIX11/RES04)...
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Peter Cranstone
cranstone001
Jul 15, 2011 4:40 pm
All, We have a free tool for measuring Mobile HTTP performance on Android (integrates both your current GPS location and your Carrier network) - you can get it...
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Jason Grigsby
jasonlgrigsby
Jul 15, 2011 4:13 pm
Bing, Google, and I’m pretty sure Yahoo all use inline images and assets on their mobile sites in order to increase the speed of first page load. Bing has...
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Jordan Dobson
jordanrdobson
Jul 15, 2011 10:22 am
Comments inline On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:54 AM, James Pearce ... Using Pseudo elements can usually keep your code pretty pure. ... Yes this is awesome as well...
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Jordan Dobson
jordanrdobson
Jul 15, 2011 10:12 am
... I think everyone said it bloats it by about 20%.. it can be less or more depending on the image. ... This tends to be more about perception and less about...
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Barney Carroll
barney.carroll@...
Jul 15, 2011 9:30 am
Inline image encoding saves ~20% byte-size? That is pretty significant. Do you have any test cases to back this up? My experience is that if you have several...
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Stefan Hanke
pazifikwelle@...
Jul 15, 2011 9:04 am
@Ulrich be careful (test often) with EM on Blackberry (pre OS6) and old Nokias (I had some fun with them, some times ago) ... 2011/7/15 ulrich.steffens...
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Stephanie Rieger
yiibu_steph
Jul 15, 2011 9:04 am
My two cents worth regarding sprites specifically (...with more later in the day regarding CSS) We used to use sprites a lot for mobile as we found the browser...
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James Pearce
kuriuskat2001
Jul 15, 2011 8:55 am
Very roughly, base64-encoding adds a third to the data size, but on a cellular network, a disproportionate concern is latency. Avoiding any extra round trips...
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Luca Passani
luca_passani
Jul 15, 2011 8:50 am
the total size gets bigger, but the number of HTTP connections required drops dramatically. And in mobile HTTP requests are very slow and expensive (and they ...
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ulrich.steffens
Jul 15, 2011 8:49 am
Since the client wants to sell something, the targeted browsers are pretty much every mobile browser known to man... But i guess, if we can target android/iOs,...
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Jordan Dobson
jordanrdobson
Jul 15, 2011 8:44 am
I have to admit... I never use sprites since nearly all my UI is CSS and if you are going Base64 encoded route It really doesn't mater. I wouldn't say it saves...
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Luca Passani
luca_passani
Jul 15, 2011 8:41 am
this one should take you there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_URI_scheme as you can imagine, some device/browser combinations support data uri. Some don't....
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Jordan Dobson
jordanrdobson
Jul 15, 2011 8:38 am
Also - You should use rem instead of em to make your life much simpler if your targeted browsers support it. I'm pretty sure most do. Otherwise Stefan is spot...
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Barney Carroll
barney.carroll@...
Jul 15, 2011 8:27 am
As regards inline encoding of images in situ with regards to a smooth loading UX for graphics-dependent UIs: Any conscientiously integrated front end would...
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Stefan Hanke
pazifikwelle@...
Jul 15, 2011 8:14 am
Hello Group, Hello Ulrich, It depends a bit on the targeted devices/range. But nowadays I'd recommend to declare a font-size in the body(prefer percentage) and...
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ulrich.steffens
Jul 15, 2011 8:01 am
Hello group, I'm in the process of creating a mobile site for a client and i was wondering what best pratices exist and you would recommend declaring fonts in...
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Luca Passani
luca_passani
Jul 15, 2011 7:48 am
... WURFL has a capability called 'image_inlining' that tracks the DATA URI Scheme (the Base64 trick you just mentioned). Basically, you can conditionally do...
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Jordan Dobson
jordanrdobson
Jul 15, 2011 7:32 am
As far as dealing with retina images... I haven't really been worrying about providing two sizes for Images I use in the UI. Essentially I always use the ...
