.mobi .mobi development for ALL resolutions/devices

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Hi

I got the link from a designer friend of mine a while ago, and it appears to be an excellent article on designing for all resolutions:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/switchymclayout

I have an .mobi domain that I want to run as the mobile version AND the regular full content version of the site, what do you all think about the article above? Would that be good for designing for all browsers/PDAs out there?

Thanks,
A.

 

[acc]

Liquid layouts are nice for PC and laptop screens, and now PDAs or smartphones with full browsers - but as stated in the article this method requires the use of javascript. My understanding is that browsers can run javascript but most cell phones (roughly about 80-90% of the anticipated mobile devices that will be used in the foreseeable future) can not or will not run javascript. The percentages are my own rough approximation, open to courteous nitpicking if you like.

Also keep in mind the millions of websites with their billions of existing webpages that will NEVER be redone to be mobile-focused. Dot mobi offers a fresh start for websites and webpages that WILL fit the application - namely small screens and a guaranteed good initial user experience when visiting a mobi site. It's the "trustmark" thing.

Edit: I'm not 100% sure of this but you may possibly be able use the liquid layout method for the PC/browser-intended segment of your site but not on the landing page and mobi-compliant pages.