I know I have been away for far too long, and I apologize. I say this to the blog, itself, personified, as I don't feel that my audience is very... existent. To make up for lost time I am going to write a new post that is sure to knock your socks off!
Being the proud, PROUD owner of a Palm pre, an evil, dark force stalking through the internet has been brought to my notice. These demons walk among us under the guise of the "Mobile" website. They may also be called "Lite," "Touch," or even (I shudder to say this) "Enhanced" versions. The only thing "Enhanced" in these websites is bullshit.
I swear the only part of these sites that works consistently are the ads. They are dumbed down, half assed versions of the website you really wanted. They are impossible to navigate, only provide you with half of the information, updated half as often as the real thing, and are just plain ugly.
Take, for example, x.facebook.com. Filth. Pure filth. The layout itself is suitable at best, the news feed is updated once a week or so, and navigation is nonexistent. To view a friend's photos you go to their profile, select photos, and you can view them a handful at a time. Now let's say after seeing some of their pictures you want to write on their wall. You have to get back to their profile and click on wall. Easy, right? Wrong! Use the back button, I dare you. What happens? Exactly Back to the site you were on before you even got to facebook. Instead, you have to either go back to home and find them on your news feed, go to your friends list and hunt them down, or search for them. Convenient, yes? If you want the exercise I suppose.
Google. Want to search for a news article or image? Good luck. You can't unless it uses its voodoo to recommend what you really wanted. Checking on your RSS feeds, huh? No zooming. When you look at an article it expands it in the list, rather than opening a seperate page. That's fine, until you select the next article, which happens to be smaller than the first. The whole list shifts and you have to find your place. On top of that, here too, they've turned the back button into a time machine.
I wouldn't mind them so much if you weren't forced to use these diluted impostors. If I own a smartphone, I must know how to use it. I don't need you to hold my hand and direct me to an area you find appealing. I typed the URL of the full site because I wanted the full site. If, after a night of heavy drinking and drug use, or a lobotomy, I feel the urge to use the mobile site, I can direct myself there. Thank you very much.
