wolfgang ziegler


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The absolute minimum mobile support every website should have

January 6, 2013

Let’s be honest, most websites suck when viewed on mobile devices. The reason for that is that most web developers don’t go the extra mile of creating and designing a mobile / touch friendly version of the website. And there’s a good reason for that: this extra mile can mean a lot of work!

But sometimes it’s just a few little tweaks and changes, which – when applied - make the experience on mobile devices better and friendlier.

So here’s one little thing I am asking for: instead of doing nothing at all, just do one little thing and add the meta tag for the viewport.

<meta content="width=device-width" name="viewport" />

This little tweak alone will save the visitor of your site the initial double-tap or pinch gesture to zoom into your correctly.

Notice the difference with my website for example:

1.) w/o the <meta> tag:

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2.) w/ the <meta> tag:

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… one line in your HTML that changes a lot for your users.