Since we’ve already highlighted one tech site’s new functionality, why not keep the trend rolling with another? Steve Paine’s UMPC Portal caught my "i", that is, my iPhone by surprise this morning. See, I have the bad habit of waking up but not getting out of bed. Nope, I reach over to the nightstand and power up my iPhone which always gets about 30 seconds more sleep than I do. Since I’m warm, cozy and comfy, I tend to surf through RSS feeds and hit websites before my feet actually hit the floor.
So today I went to UMPC Portal and saw how nicely it now renders on the iPhone. Looks like Steve implemented a plug-in for WordPress that works well on an iPhone or iPod Touch. The story titles appear along with the date and the number of comments found for each story. A tap will expand the post so you can read the first few lines (shown), while a tap on the title shows the whole post. All in all, a very nice look.
This gets us back to the original question posed when the iPhone arrived. How do you feel about websites formatted for a specific device? Normally, I’m not a fan, but you can’t argue with great look and feel of examples like this. I suppose you try to implement a different plug-in for different mobile platforms and browsers, but wouldn’t it be nice to have a mobile standard that looks good on all devices?
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