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Why do so many mobile site redirects get this wrong?

• sudont 15y ago
  Idiot implementation. If you think about it, there shouldn’t be that much of a difference in markup between mobile and desktop, so serve the same shit, and only change the presentation. I think a lot of engineering groups try to over-complicate this, or simply don’t care. One document, one url, different presentation. I’ve used this to great effect before, in conjunction with media selectors: http://detectmobilebrowsers.com/ http://detectmobilebrowsers.com/
  • dazzla 15y ago
    I think a lot of mobile versions are done via a 3rd party service. Separate web app, domain, etc. But it should be possible to make the redirection smart enough to send you to your original destination on the mobile site.