How can you optimize your website for MobileSafari? Whats the difference between an iPhone compatible website and an iPhone-optimized microsite? For starters, an optimized microsite is created and presented to only those users visiting your site from the iPhone’s MobileSafari browser.

Here’s an exerpt of an interesting article from AListApart where Craig Hockenberry explores this exact topic. “The first thing you’ll want to do is check your site for compatibility. After that, you can begin to make some simple changes that adapt your content to the iPhone. Finally, you may wish to make a version of your site that is targeted directly at the iPhone: a site fully optimized for the device.

While these articles are specifically targeted at the iPhone, many of the ideas and concepts I’m presenting can be useful and effective with other mobile devices. The processing power of these devices will continue to increase, bringing an end to the “dumbed down” mobile web, and it’s likely that the iPhone is just the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the storied life of HTML.”

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