Designing Web Sites for Mobile Devices

Mobile devices can handle only a small subset of the Web site features typically designed for the desktop computer, so Web site developers should focus tightly on what users need to do and the information that they need to access while mobile. Windows Mobile-based devices use Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer for Internet access, which means that you should design the elements of your mobile Web site to display optimally in the Pocket Internet Explorer application window.

In This Section

• Pocket Internet Explorer Overview
  Describes the Pocket Internet Explorer features that can help you design great Web sites for Windows-based mobile devices.
• Mobile Web Site Design Overview
  Provides guidelines on how you can optimize your Web site design for Pocket Internet Explorer.
• Best Practices for E-Commerce
  Describes key considerations for creating a professional-looking e-commerce site for mobile device users.
• Best Practices for Information Sites
  Describes key considerations for creating an easy-to-scan site for mobile device users.
• How to: Detect Pocket Internet Explorer from Web Servers
  Provides detailed information about setting up your IIS server so that it can recognize Windows Mobile-based devices and the Pocket Internet Explorer software versions on those devices.

Reference

• HTML Reference for Pocket Internet Explorer
  Describes the HTML elements and their attributes, values, and descriptions that are supported for Windows Mobile-based devices.

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