Mobile Sevices account for 23% of our client's traffic. If your website isn't mobile friendly, you could be losing business.

Difference Between Normal Websites And Mobile Websites

However it should be noted that a website designed for mobile phones and the one designed for desktop computers vary. This is because of the following reasons:-

• Variation in dimensions
The screen size of the mobile phones vary from one phone to another like 128 x 160 pixels, 176 x 220 pixels, 240 x 320 pixels and 320 x 480 pixels. Hence, it becomes difficult to develop a mobile website design that is flexible to run on different mobile handsets.

• Page Scroll
Another important issue for a mobile websites design is that a mobile phone does not involve the use of mouse. So, it becomes difficult for the user to flip from one page to another. Since, the user can only scroll up and down so only the most important information should be displayed on the screen. And the site should be designed in a manner that it fits to all screen sizes. (A mobile page has the maximum limit of 20 kb)

• Target audience’s web browsing habits
Web design for mobile devices is a challenge for the web developers. This is because; a mobile website design includes very crisp and essential information. You need to understand the psychology and the browsing habits of your mobile websites users and accordingly design your mobile website. The reason behind this is that the mobile websites users are mostly on the move when they surf the Internet.

• Provide radio buttons on your mobile websites design
A user cannot write text in the mobile websites. Therefore, the provision of radio buttons in the mobile websites design is a must.

• Images used
Only jpeg or gif format images should be used in mobile websites, if at all need be, else they should be avoided to keep the page light.

• Navigation
Several mobile devices are not equipped with back buttons, so for the convenience of the users back buttons and other essential links must be provided.