Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Web standards and the Iphone

So I went and bought myself an Iphone last October, pay as you go, and it was probably the best investment I ever made. I realise this even more so now that I've lost it. Devastating as that is its not the reason for this blog. I think if you ask many people who or what governs the make-up and design of a website they wouldn't know and normally I would be part of that crew but I've been learning about web standards and how they are used to adapt the internet and technology to the 21st century.

Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the web said that:
"The mobile web initiatives goal is to make browsing the web from mobile devices a reality"

i.e. adapting the internet and your website so it can be viewed on any device. I personally think its great and needed. I know a lot of websites out there that can't run on mobile devices so these web standards need to be put in place to change that. An example of a great website is gmail. It adapts for different devices and you can even load it in basic HTML for a slower network.

These web standards are a great idea and very prevalent for the future.

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