mobile versions of websites suck supersize donkey nuts

[AstroManLuca]

They've improved even in the last 1-2 years. There are still a lot of mobile versions that suffer from all sorts of common problems; redirecting you to the main page instead of the specific page you originally wanted, cutting out most of the useful features, even ones that would be easy to do on a phone, displaying pop up ads that don't work and can't be dismissed... but they seem less common now than they did in the past. Some mobile sites are even pleasant to use.

 

[Ruptga]

You're welcome.

Thats so 4 years ago. does not apply.

wat

Not only is that article only two years old, I got that to work on an android tablet just last week.

 

[Jeff7]

Every damn website now is basically a mobile version. They all started when the iphone came out. One after another every website has been dumbed down and made everything larger and plainer. On one hand I like the simpler less heavy design, on another they were great before and way more functional.

Is the transition to mobile the reason that sites look like this?

Click "View larger image."
Get a new popup with a tiny Flash window that's 400x400 pixels, so that it takes 30+ click&drags to view a single 5MP image.



"AWESOME!!! IT'S LIKE I'M PEEKING THROUGH A WINDOW!!!!"


Please let me use my 27" screen, and not assume that everyone's browsing on a 2.7" screen.

 

[lupi]

Yahoo does kinda suck. Some others like lowes is raping children atrocious.

 

[CrimsonWolf]

My personal favorite is when it loads the mobile version, the mobile version doesn't have the info I need, and I click on go to desktop version. Then it dumps me on the main page of the website instead of the desktop version of the address I was on. Well done, A++

 

[Jeff7]

My personal favorite is when it loads the mobile version, the mobile version doesn't have the info I need, and I click on go to desktop version. Then it dumps me on the main page of the website instead of the desktop version of the address I was on. Well done, A++

I also dislike getting a link to the mobile version of a site, but the site doesn't realize, "Hey, wait a minute...you're a PC!" and redirect me to the proper page. Instead, I get odd formatting, or video formats that only a cellphone can decipher. "Oh...there's an 'm' in front of the URL. A mobile site."


(I'm a dual-monitor user, who wishes he had six monitors.)

 

[Jumpem]

Why would you want the non-mobile version while you are using a phone? Even with a 5" screen, it leaves you zooming in and out, and moving the page around to read it.

 

[lxskllr]

Why would you want the non-mobile version while you are using a phone? Even with a 5" screen, it leaves you zooming in and out, and moving the page around to read it.

I'm ok with zooming. I can zoom quickly, but finding the data I really want can take time on a stripped site.

 

[Jumpem]

I'm ok with zooming. I can zoom quickly, but finding the data I really want can take time on a stripped site.

I just use it for quick price comparisons while shopping. I wait until I get home to do any real browsing.

 

[RockinZ28]

Suck. Always use desktop only view.

 

[pcslookout]

Yes they do.

 

[Slew Foot]

Most mobile websites look like they were designed to be viewed on some shitty 10 year old blackberry