Mobile Web: Its Limitations and Solutions

The internet usage worldwide is expected to double by 2015.
Formerly, the web was accessed via a fixed line and the display was on large screen desktop computers or laptops. However it is becoming more and more portable with the dawn of laptops and smart mobile phones.
According to study, with the current growth rate, web access by mobile device is expected to increase more than the web access from desktop computers in the next few years.

A number of social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have set up mobile apps.

These have become a huge hit considering that Facebook gets 25 % of its visitors from mobile devices.

Also, users on the mobile device are much more active not only on social networks but on the internet as a whole. Many website owners have made their sites compatible on the mobile. Many have also created sites targeted mostly to the mobile platform. But is it all that easy to create a mobile site? Let us see its limitations followed by why we must overcome them.

• Screen Size: The screen size for mobile on even tablets is comparatively smaller than a normal desktop. When designing the developer generally uses a desktop and design s accordingly.
To overcome this he must keep in mind the dynamics of a mobile and design appropriately. Another method to do this would be to design two separate sites- one for mobile and the other for desktop. A link could be provided at each site to go to the other.

The redirection technique could also be applied for mobile users.
But, this could get frustrating so I believe the former would be more efficient.
• Different sizes of portable devices: In lieu of everything, another obstruction is the number of devices and off course they come in all shapes and sizes.

• Operating Systems: There are a number of operating systems in the market these days.

For instance, Google's Android, iOS, Blackberry and Microsoft Windows. Care must be taken to make your site compatible on each of these.
• Multitasking: Mostly, mobile browsers allow only a single window to be open at one time as compared to opening multiple windows on a desktop.

But a few browsers like Opera Mini are allowing you to open a specified number of windows.
Another issue is if you want to go back you will be able to go only in the order in which you accessed the pages.

• Security: If a mobile phone is lost, valuable company data could be compromised on.
The solution is to have a login system.

• Speed: Speed of internet on mobiles is not as fast as the broadbands used on desktop.
Thus avoid too many graphics or flash usage. Many mobile web development companies have come up that will specifically design a mobile site for you. Looking at the limitations listed above, this job could be very tedious.
It would be very difficult to acquire and maintain the resources and bandwidth to do this job.

On the other hand, it cannot be ignored.
It is a necessity in today's world.
If you do not have a mobile site you are missing out on valuable business.
Thus, outsource it to a good mobile development company to do it for you.