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Comment on So, what’s wrong with Android? by AndroidResearch

AndroidResearch — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:36:16 +0000

Pretty interesting insights. I agree with you on your first point that people do not understand abstract concepts like “openness”.

Comment on Why AirPlay just wrecked your responsive media strategy by powderbearjeff

powderbearjeff — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:39:15 +0000

Having a “View Full Site” link in your mobile-oriented environment has proved to be useful, and I imagine might help in this kind of situation…

Comment on Why AirPlay just wrecked your responsive media strategy by powderbearjeff

powderbearjeff — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:38:28 +0000

Having a “View Full Site” link in a mobile-oriented environment is very handy, and would probably help in this case.

Comment on Why AirPlay just wrecked your responsive media strategy by | Web Design Florida Organization

| Web Design Florida Organization — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:18:41 +0000

[...] AirPlay means I can browse to a site with my phone — which would likely trigger smaller images and videos since it’s a smaller screen — but then project the result on a huge HD TV screen. This is not even a hypothetical problem, you can experience it today with PBS’s iPhone app and AirPlay. [...]

Comment on Why AirPlay just wrecked your responsive media strategy by » The Web Needs to Get Ready for the High-Resolution Future » t3knoDorKs

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:15:41 +0000

[...] AirPlay means we can crop to a site with my phone — that would expected trigger smaller images and videos given it’s a smaller shade — though afterwards plan a outcome on a outrageous HD TV screen. This is not even a suppositious problem, we can experience it currently with PBS’s iPhone app and AirPlay. [...]

Comment on Why AirPlay just wrecked your responsive media strategy by Mike Mortimer (@mikmortimer)

Mike Mortimer (@mikmortimer) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:04:46 +0000

Another example of trying to be too clever and making too many assumptions. Simply solved by giving users access to a quality control mechanism.

Comment on Why AirPlay just wrecked your responsive media strategy by dawuss

dawuss — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:08:41 +0000

> Good point, but what percentage of mobile users are doing this?

Not just this. The problem is bigger. How many times do you open a website on a mobile device, just to find out that the designer has conveniently decided that, since you are a “mobile user” you only need access to the about 10% of the site that is useful when you are “on the go”, even though you have all the time in the world sitting on your couch.

Comment on Why AirPlay just wrecked your responsive media strategy by carson

carson — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:03:32 +0000

Your experience with the PBS app and AirPlay was probably due to their implementation and not for lack of ability. If correctly done iOS video streaming can support a range of devices with a single “stream”. See http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-07 for more technical information about how this is done. Using AirPlay the initial device hands the stream over the end point device and that end point device can decide to change to a different resolution/bitrate if it can support it.

Comment on Why AirPlay just wrecked your responsive media strategy by Michael Herndon

Michael Herndon — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:43:12 +0000

Good point, but what percentage of mobile users are doing this?

Comment on Why AirPlay just wrecked your responsive media strategy by dawuss

dawuss — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:58:10 +0000

The real problem here is that the device or User Agent is actually a pretty poor indicator of how something is being used. The assumption here is that because you are accessing it from an iPhone, you are watching it on a small screen, in an “on the go” scenario, with poor connectivity. None of this is true in your case. The question is: if user agent detection is insufficient, what are good indicators?