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What does PDA compliance mean for a web site? Well, that's kind of an open question right now. No one really knows. For example, while we know what
desktop browsers are most frequently used, I can't find any such data on PDA browsers.

And as for testing a page once it is built, getting hold of even onePDA emulator for a desktop machine is kinda hard.

Nor can I find anyone who can tell me what fonts or colors that work in most browsers. If you know- tell me (tim@menzies.us )!

PDA Resources


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But there are some useful PDA-on-the-web pages. For example:

List of PDA-compliant: web pages

List of HTML tags that work in: different PDA browsers

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But at least some things are clear.

Firslty: use tiny pages! Most PDAs have a screen that is ony 160 by 160 pixels. So this whole web site is laid out such that it can be shrunk to 160 pixels wide. Let's see how that goes. (_update: Sun May 24. I can't do 160. Tried. Going to 200 since that what the newer browsers are coming out as.)_

Secondly: avoid lists! Standard <ul>, <dl>, <ol> grab too much left-hand-side space.

Thirdly: small images! This site keeps a copy of all images in a thumbs60 directory; i.e. a place were all images are 60 pixels wide. If I display such a thumb, it is always a hyperlink to the full-sized picture.

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