Mobile Sites Still Necessary ???

**candyflip** · 08-12-2010, 10:40 AM

A site optimized for the mobile experience will always be better than browsing the site on a phone, the way it was meant to be seen on a computer monitor.

**kristin** · 08-12-2010, 10:55 AM

Was the site you were looking at the one in your sig, Barelist.com?

**Roald** · 08-12-2010, 10:56 AM

Originally posted by kristin

Was the site you were looking at the one in your sig, Barelist.com?

thats his site yes.

I do think a mobile version is much better though

**Evil Chris** · 08-12-2010, 10:57 AM

A lot of sites still display properly in a mobile window, but that doesn't mean they're easy to navigate, or convert to a membership for that matter.

**barelist** · 08-12-2010, 10:58 AM

Originally posted by kristin

Was the site you were looking at the one in your sig, Barelist.com?

Yeah checked out a bunch of others as well... look fine...

Flash still doesn't work... but I've always stayed away from it

**kristin** · 08-12-2010, 11:08 AM

Originally posted by barelist

Yeah checked out a bunch of others as well... look fine...

Flash still doesn't work... but I've always stayed away from it

You have, but the sites you promote - do they use flash?

The text and links are very small making it hard to navigate, also the pics are small. The sites that are promoted from the links, like the Holly Randall, take a very long time to load.

So if you have the average mobile traffic as others, 3-5%, you will lose out on some good traffic. People on phones just don't buy PC sites, they want the mobile compatible version.

.05% of our PC members use their phone to surfer the PC site. It's not that much. And as the mobile market grows and people move away from the PC, you don't want to be scrambling then due to worse conversion ratios because people on phones can't navigate the promoted site.

**barelist** · 08-12-2010, 11:11 AM

Originally posted by kristin

You have, but the sites you promote - do they use flash?

The text and links are very small making it hard to navigate, also the pics are small. The sites that are promoted from the links, like the Holly Randall, take a very long time to load.

So if you have the average mobile traffic as others, 3-5%, you will lose out on some good traffic. People on phones just don't buy PC sites, they want the mobile compatible version.

.05% of our PC members use their phone to surfer the PC site. It's not that much. And as the mobile market grows and people move away from the PC, you don't want to be scrambling then due to worse conversion ratios because people on phones can't navigate the promoted site.

True. Also guessing big fat button links help with fat fingered touch screen users

Just interesting to see how far phone browsers have come

**kristin** · 08-12-2010, 11:15 AM

Originally posted by barelist

True. Also guessing big fat button links help with fat fingered touch screen users

Just interesting to see how far phone browsers have come

LOL, "your fingers are too fat, to obtain a special dialing wand ..."

One of my favorite Simpsons episodes.

**FlexxAeon** · 08-12-2010, 11:19 AM

your mode of thinking is the same as mine has been. the lines between mobile/non-mobile have been blurring since the iphone came out. but screen size will always probably warrant some kind of "mobile" option, even if it does become less of a niche

**barelist** · 08-12-2010, 11:24 AM

Originally posted by FlexxAeon

your mode of thinking is the same as mine has been. the lines between mobile/non-mobile have been blurring since the iphone came out. but screen size will always probably warrant some kind of "mobile" option, even if it does become less of a niche

I use a 30" and 24" monitor all day, so even designing for < 1200px width is tough... I do think great site design will soon just need one site that works both well on a desktop and phone... I understand the reasoning for having both right now, but even phone resolutions are getting nuts, so we'll see... Having a 15" laptop with 1920x1200 resolution a few years ago seemed crazy to me, but I got used to it. The next two laptops I bought were both 1920x1080 and seemed just fine... same thing will happen with phones I'm sure

**candyflip** · 08-12-2010, 11:34 AM

Just another quick comment.

Your site is loaded with links that say "click here..."

You don't "click" on a phone, you "tap" or "touch"

**barelist** · 08-12-2010, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by candyflip

Just another quick comment.

Your site is loaded with links that say "click here..."

You don't "click" on a phone, you "tap" or "touch"

Hey my Bold still "clicks"

**kristin** · 08-12-2010, 11:46 AM

We have simple text listing that is whitelabel'able.

www.imoviepass.com - this is something that would probably perform better (layout wise) for your mobile surfers.

**BestXXXPorn** · 08-12-2010, 11:55 AM

Originally posted by FlexxAeon

your mode of thinking is the same as mine has been. the lines between mobile/non-mobile have been blurring since the iphone came out. but screen size will always probably warrant some kind of "mobile" option, even if it does become less of a niche

I couldn't agree more... you will always need to design for the view area and when you're talking about such a drastic difference a separate design will always win out... IMO

**FlexxAeon** · 08-12-2010, 12:01 PM

Originally posted by barelist

I use a 30" and 24" monitor all day, so even designing for < 1200px width is tough... I do think great site design will soon just need one site that works both well on a desktop and phone... I understand the reasoning for having both right now, but even phone resolutions are getting nuts, so we'll see... Having a 15" laptop with 1920x1200 resolution a few years ago seemed crazy to me, but I got used to it. The next two laptops I bought were both 1920x1080 and seemed just fine... same thing will happen with phones I'm sure

site design that works well on both is out there already.

**barelist** · 08-12-2010, 12:09 PM

Originally posted by FlexxAeon

site design that works well on both is out there already.

Expected design then

Mobile Sites Still Necessary ???

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