Comments on: Netbook Tip: Try Mobile-Friendly Websites

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:05:18 +0000

Check out trekkertime.com. It’s pretty sweet if you like traveling.

By: Thomas R. Hall

Thomas R. Hall — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:23:03 +0000

In addition to Skweezer, there is Google Mobilizer (covered previously on JKOTR):

http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2006/01/google_mobilize.html

I have also been trying to add mobile bookmarks to PhoneFavs, a site made by the same guys as PalmInfocenter. It’s like Delicious, but for mobile sites:

http://www.phonefavs.com/

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:49:40 +0000

Couple of months away, Oliver.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:57:57 +0000

Kevin, I will continue to (mostly) read JKOnTheRun via RSS feed and visit the “real” site when I want to see comments or post myself. And I will not buy a small laptop with a low screen resolution. So… HP… where’s that 2140 with the high-res screen?

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:44:14 +0000

JHall, another good suggestion, thanks!

Oliver, Oliver and Oliver: I recommend that readers hit the site in the way that suits them best. ;)

By: Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:23:31 +0000

Oh, and look, despite the error it did appear after all… (I did refresh the page before posting a second time from the regular site, and it wasn’t there yet).

By: Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:22:42 +0000

Are you recommending that all netbookers now visit JKOnTheRun’s mobile site? It looks like it’s lacking all the ads of the regular site, so maybe that’s not such a good idea (for your/OM’s pocket books).

BTW, I tried post this from the mobile site, but got a nice error:

Error: 502
The specified server is either incorrect, or currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance. Please contact the site administrator.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:22:07 +0000

Do you recommend all netbookers switch to JKOnTheRun mobile edition? Looks pretty much advertisement-free, so maybe that’s not such a good idea for you guys ;)

By: JHall

JHall — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:00:11 +0000

Kevin,

You need to try http://skweezer.net
It is a portal that formats every web site into a mobile version. It even removes most ads.

Thanks,
JHall

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:58:01 +0000

For Twitter, just get the TwitterFox Forefox plugin. Then it doesn’t even matter what other web tab you’re in to see what’s going on. Not quite a streamlined as mobile maybe, but all in one place.

Also, I actually wish I could get to Meebo’s mobile site. They display all contacts in one group which doesn’t appear to be an option in the full-on web client.