"Analysis of Web Content Delivered to a Mobile Computing Environment"
Anthony PerreaultAnthony Perreault is a senior at New Mexico Tech, majoring in Technical Communication with an emphasis in computer science and web design. While taking classes, Anthony also works full-time at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Pete V. Domenici Science Operations Center as an operations specialist for the Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope where part of his duties include maintaining and upgrading operational documentation. Anthony worked with Dr. Julie Dyke Ford on his senior thesis project, Analysis of Web Content Delivered to a Mobile Computing Environment.
ContentsBackground of Wireless Technology Selection of Sites for Analysis |
Craigslist.comCraigslist is the modern equivalent of the old online bulletin board systems. It is simple in design, almost rather plain with a monochromatic color scheme. It is nothing much more than a simple HTML table, really. And it is completely unusable for the mobile user. Yes, there is a design structure visible, and that is really all it has going for it. Even in landscape orientation the text and links are too small to be easily read or selected. I have heard in passing that the founder of Craigslist was rather happy with the design, wanting to keep it simple while concentrating on the content and the online community. This is fine, but in some respects it wouldn’t take much to make Craigslist mobile friendly. |
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