I've set up the option to do this for my blog, but I don't have Internet access on my mobile phone so I can't test it myself. (I can text on my phone, and access email, but I can't access the web.) So....I'm looking for somebody to help me try this out. Are any of you using a mobile device to access this blog? And if so:
- What do you think? Is it readable? Easy to navigate?
- Blogger says the layout is supposed to switch automatically from the "regular" view to the "mobile" view when it detects that the site is being accessed from a mobile device. Can anybody confirm that this actually works?
- What type of mobile device are you using to access my blog? (Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything with that information! Just curious.)
Please note that I have no control over the colors and fonts in the mobile version. Maybe there will be a way to customize them in the future, but I don't know how to do that right now. What you're seeing in the mobile version are the default fonts and colors.
Thanks in advance for your help with this!
10 comments:
Hi Karen,
The new mobile version is easier to read on an iPhone 3GS. It shows the blog itself, but not the links & info you have on the right & left sides of the regular version of your blog. It does have the 7 links that are across the top of your blog though. At the bottom of the blog, it gives you links for Home, Older Posts & Web Version. Hope this helps.
Not noticing the difference on a BlackBerry Curve--but it could be that the new formatting only works with iPhone/Droid type devices?
Chris - yes, that's helpful. Thanks!
Trecey - Hmmm, not sure what the problem is there. Keep in mind this is a beta version of the new functionality, so no guarantees. :-) I'll report it as an issue and see what they say.
Karen
Karen Henry is right that it is a beta version and there are some problems which will be solved lately by its update.
Tracey - as a workaround, can you try accessing my blog from here:
http://outlandishobservations.blogspot.com/?m=1
(note the "?m=1" on the end!)
and see if it makes any difference? Even if the automatic switching doesn't work for you, I would think you could get there by "forcing" the option. Worth a try, anyway. Let me know if that works for you.
Karen
Worked great on my iPhone 3G 'generation'!
Lolly:
Great. Thanks for letting me know!
Karen
Karen, I'm on a Motorola Droid as I type this. I can choose to read your blog on the google reader app where the full text appears or use the browser. In the browser the site is very simple -- almost no color or graphics which makes it load fast, and easy to read and navigate. Wish I knew how to do a screen shot for you!
Hi Karen,
I just accessed the site from my Motorola Droid. I usually use Google Reader app to read the text but checked it in the browser for you. I wish I knew how to take a screen shot. It was mostly text/black & white with no graphics and few colors, but it loaded fast and was very easy to read and navigate.
Thanks, Shawn, that was very helpful!
Karen
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