RE: Mobile device emulator

Oh I forgot.  You mainly use CSS media queries to do this so something
like...

 

	
iPhone 4

You are on an iPhone 4

@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2)

 

(stolen from http://cssmediaqueries.com/) 

 

Allows you to specify CSS styles specific to a device that matches the
query.  Maybe iPhone 4 for the moment, who knows what might match that in
future.

 

Best wishes,

 

Richard Howells

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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Howells
Sent: 27 July 2012 10:36
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [OT] Mobile device emulator

 

  

Hi John,

 

Based on a presentation I went to the other day...

 

The presenter's advice was that it is sheer insanity to try to work with any
specific device size(s) - there are too many of them.  So his view was
'responsive design' where the content flows to work in the space available.
That means that your number one test device is your computer.  Start by
shrinking your browser of choice to the width of a mobile device.

 

His 'reference site' was the Boston Globe - he reckons they do a very good
job.  http://bostonglobe.com/ hop over there and shrink the browser window.

 

Yes you still need to do some 'real' testing as well.

 

Best wishes,

 

Richard Howells

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www.dynamisys.co.uk

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(M) +44 (0) 7769 266522

 

From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Elliot
Sent: 27 July 2012 09:35
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OT] Mobile device emulator

 

  

Found this which seems pretty cool:

http://www.mobilephoneemulator.com/

On 2012-07-27 18:24, John Elliot wrote:
> It seems to me like I should be making websites these days which work
> well on mobile devices as they seem to be quite common.
> 
> Just wondering if anyone knows of any good emulation software which I
> can run which would allow me to test out what my websites look like on
> various (or any) mobile devices.
> 
> John.
>