Server-side capability detection for mobile devices part 2

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12. December 2007, 14:45:05

briansuda

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Server-side capability detection for mobile devices part 2

Coding with web standards ensures that most devices should be able to make use of your web sites, but you can take this further, using server-side capability detection methods to maximize the experience on each device you serve your pages to, in terms of variables like location and language. In this article, Brian Suda explores some of these methods.

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29. December 2007, 15:00:36

henryjames

Posts: 8

WUFRL library is a really great asset. Generally creating a universal and translatable to multiple languages database containing technical specification of as many mobile devices as possible and constantly updating it seems like a best solution to maximize user experience and enhance the quality of displayed pages. And, of course, it saves user's money as most of the operations is carried out by the server hosting the page.

30. December 2007, 17:10:09

henryjames

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Application of such library to resolve problems that result from different screen size and resolution in mobile decives seems like a very good idea to me. I've just tested it for my mobile phone and it worked just fine!

18. June 2009, 08:16:02

ifuschini

Posts: 2

I know that I'm writing on old post, but I thing this info could help someone.
I have published the new version of Apache Mobile Filter, now the filter is give to you the information of capabilities as apache environment.
Now you can develope in any language (php,jsp, ruby etc.) and have the information of mobile capability.

Read more info here: http://www.idelfuschini.it/it/apache-mobile-filter-v2x.html

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