Hi,
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 23 November 2011 19:13, Philip Chang
<pchang(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
We are suggesting that a home page customized for
mobile viewing is perhaps
more suitable, but I also understand the point you are making and will take
that into consideration.
I don't think anyone disagrees with that. The question is over whether
no home page at all (just a search bar) is better than a home page
that hasn't been customised for mobile users. I'm not sure that it is.
Conversely, one could argue that the question is over whether a
working (but simplistic) home page is better than a home page full of
content (but broken).
I guess the correct way to answer the question is to determine what
mobile users are most interested in when they load the main page:
featured content, or a way to access specific content they're looking
for using the search box.
I don't have any data on this (perhaps Philip does), but intuitively
(and based on my personal use) I'd think it's the latter.
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