How To Make Your Mobile Website Friendly?

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There are 32% of US mobile users regularly browse the Internet, Mobile Internet is continuing to grow very quickly. Users can view a normal website on the smart phone, but unless they like scrolling all over the place and trying to find something, it is pretty hard. Is your website leaving them frustrated and unable to get any meaningful information? You need to build a website mobile-friendly, and that will make you look more professional.

Although designing for mobile web follow similar principles to designing websites, but there are some notable differences. The following key consideration will help you get to grips with the growing trend of mobile web design.

Avoid scrolling. Wide web pages are difficult to view on small mobile phone screens. Some smart phones like the iPhone have the ability to adjust a web page’s zoom could reduces the need for scrolling, but zooming in isn’t ideal because it adds an extra step and zooming in and out isn’t easy to do on all phones. Create single column pages that use up the whole width of the screen, scrolling down is easier than scrolling across and users generally ...
... prefer it.

Reduce content. Content is king even on mobile, but because of small file sizes, the need for scrolling, quick readability and bandwidth restraints, we have to reengineer our copy to ensure that it’s useful on these mobile phone. Mobile websites should be very focused, only include the most important content, this makes users easier to read and move on.

Rethink graphics. For small screen large images is a problem, you should resize images, and get rid of any unnecessary graphics that might slow down the page loading.

Rethink navigation. Build a simple vertical list, instead of requiring mobile users to access multiple layers of navigation. Make sure your mobile site does not have any unnecessary sidebars or pop-up windows, and only offer a “Back” button on pages other than the homepage.

Size of clickable objects. Smart phones account for the majority of mobile internet usage in many countries, so your mobile site should be optimized for smart phones. If you have big hands, you are well aware of how hard it is to click on something small on the screen without having to zoom into it. You should ensure your website has large and easy to press links and clickable objects.

The number of people accessing websites of their mobile phones is increasing rapidly. If your mobile website is friendly they can be given a much better user experience. Every website is unique, but simple, small and speedy are the three main principles we should abide by.