[Nfb-web] Beyond the Browser

[Blaine Clark]

Hi all,

There's several addons for the Firefox browser that let you work on mobile sites and give you info on how they render and validate. One is called Mobile-Toolkit. I'll have to do some looking to see what else there is for mobile sites. Firefox also has an addon tool for testing colors in regards to color blindness and contrast. There are several other addons for developers on Firefox. Firefox is a tool worth a good look.

When you search with the word 'development' in the addons tool search you'll get over 800 results. Narrow the search by using 'development mobile' and you'll still get 35 results.

Peter,

Agreed! Although I have to confess myself guilty of threatening to learn
how to make those adjustments for my sites for the expanding
technology... Without having done the study to start doing it. So I
would find a discussion of what others are doing to make their sites
compatible across technologies very educational.

Tami

On 12/14/2012 12:05 PM, Peter Donahue wrote:

> Good afternoon everyone,
>
>       Some information I've been reading about content rendering got me to
> wonder if anyone has been testing their affiliate Web sites on devices other
> than PCS to see how they render or if they can be accessed at all by folks
> using them. I'm talking about smart phones, PDAS, Braille displays, e-book
> readers and game consoles capable of displaying Web sites, televisions, and
> other devices that are able to access the Internet and display our Web sites
> to help us spread our message via devices other than standard Web browsers.
>
>       Given the continued proliferation of these devices this is a topic
> worthy of our attention and a great item for next year's Webmasters Meeting
> Mr. Chairman? Perhaps we need to start designing our sites so they will be
> available too, and will render properly on devices other than a PC and its
> Web browser to allow us to take the federation's message to places
> unimaginable. I'd like to hear what people's experiences have been when
> trying to access their affiliate's Web site on devices other than computers.
> This is a great one for thought.