[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by jimtravis

When you double tap mobile Safari on some single column pages, the zoom does not increase the text size to a comfortable reading level for me. Your choice is to read the small text size which will get old very quickly, or use the pinch zoom to enlarge the text to a comfortable reading level.

This is an excellent point. It is mitigated somewhat by rotating the device into landscape form, but not entirely. Part of the problem is the website; it is fixed-width, and Mobile Safari does not rewrite/reinterpret the webpage. Opera's (and IEM's) ability to is useful in this case. Overall, though, I find Mini to be much clumsier in navigation, speed, etc. Of course, YMMV.

--janak

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by jimtravis

When you double tap mobile Safari on some single column pages, the zoom does not increase the text size to a comfortable reading level for me. Your choice is to read the small text size which will get old very quickly, or use the pinch zoom to enlarge the text to a comfortable reading level.

This is an excellent point. It is mitigated somewhat by rotating the device into landscape form, but not entirely. Part of the problem is the website; it is fixed-width, and Mobile Safari does not rewrite/reinterpret the webpage. Opera's (and IEM's) ability to is useful in this case. Overall, though, I find Mini to be much clumsier in navigation, speed, etc. Of course, YMMV.

--janak

[jimtravis]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

This is an excellent point. It is mitigated somewhat by rotating the device into landscape form, but not entirely. Part of the problem is the website; it is fixed-width, and Mobile Safari does not rewrite/reinterpret the webpage. Opera's (and IEM's) ability to is useful in this case. Overall, though, I find Mini to be much clumsier in navigation, speed, etc. Of course, YMMV.

--janak

I have found mobile Safari to be totally unreadable in portrait mode when displaying single column pages, and barely readable in landscape mode as I indicated in my original post. This can be corrected by adding a META viewport tag with a width of 320 to the HEAD section of the webpage. Although I have added this metatag to my personal pages so iPhone/touch users can read the pages at a comfortable text size without horizontal scrolling, most webmasters have not, and probably will not. I maintain my webpages in single column mode so just about any mobile device can display the pages properly. I find it a bit ironic that many sites dedicated to mobile gadgets use the latest, and greatest html formatting which most mobile devices can not display.

As you indicated, YMMV. I have found Opera Mini to be smooth, and fast. Opera Mini on the 4" VGA HP210 looks great, and is an excellent full web experience.

In 2006, NetFront 3.3 on a WM VGA device was able to correctly display the desktop version of the secure banking site for my checking account including viewing copies of processed checks.

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