Mobile website
A mobile website is a website created specifically for use on a mobile device such as a smartphone. Due to specific characteristics of a smartphone, not all regular websites are easily accessible or easy to use. Therefore, especially in the first years since the advent of mobile Internet, many special mobile websites were developed.
Some characteristics of devices to consider when developing a mobile website:
- Smaller screens with low resolution
- The lack of a mouse pointer
- Connections are often slower and data traffic can cost
Therefore, the mobile version of a regular Web site is often simpler in design. There are fewer graphic elements, the options for navigation are immediately apparent, and the amount of content offered is sometimes less than on the full-fledged site.
Many mobile Web sites are reachable through a separate domain name or subdomain. For example, a mobile version of www.marketingtermen.nl could be accessible through m.marketingterms.co.uk.
With the development of mobile Internet and smartphones, the differences between surfing on a computer and surfing on a phone are becoming smaller and smaller. Thanks to larger screens, the size of viewports is also increasing. At the same time, there are more and more devices to take into account in development and mobile visitors also expect a complete website. For this reason, today more often the choice is made to make the regular website responsive rather than having a separate mobile website built.
