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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 4543559" data-attributes="member: 8835">I would like to see a mobile friendly version of the site.I've used my iPhone, and my PSP to browse the site.  I'm not looking for absolutely custom support per device, but it would be nice to have a reduced content version.Namely, a web 1.0 (circa 1995) style where a page shows a menu, or content, rather than packing a ton of different content and functionality on one page.This makes the page load faster, and reduces the memory used, and increases the chances it won't crash the browser.For instance, the starting page would show links (a list) for news, forums, wiki, groups, blogs, etc (the stuff across the top).Maybe show a wide banner for ads across the top and bottom (gotta make money).all the side bars and such, are really the culprit.  They make it harder to read on a mobile device, as there's little screen real estate and such.If I could get to it, via a URL like "http://www.enworld.org/mobile" that would just about do it.Mobile devices are becoming more and more prevalent, and I would expect that folks will do more and more of their primary browsing on them, rather than a PC.  At least for sites that have "mobilized" versions.I also realize, that if you checked your web server's logs, it may not look like there are many hits from mobile devices.  It's entirely probable that after hitting the site a few times on an iPhone, they gave up, because it's more cumbersome.Personally, I'm not looking to have an "iPhone" stylized site.  I just want it to load simply on the mobile devices I have.  This is a problem I've seen on other sites (including xbox.com, to playstation.com as well).  Google apps handled it pretty well, though they did fork their code just for the iPhone with a iPhoney layout.Thanks for hearing me out,Janx</blockquote>

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