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Is image width of 100% acceptable for mobile viewing?
Sgt_Kickaxe




msg:4306308		 1:15 pm on Apr 30, 2011 (gmt 0)

I'm creating a mobile version of a website and finding the images to be problematic. They all have a width="400" set and don't fit on mobile screens. In trying to find a way to show a different image size based on user agent it dawned on me that something like this might be easier, via css.

IMG {width:100%; max-width:400px;}

On the regular site they would remain unchanged but they would, and do, scale down to fit any mobile screen.

Is there anything I should be aware of with the above on a mobile screen? Are there any SEO implications or indexing issues related to using 100% width?

 

Sgt_Kickaxe




msg:4306385		 9:36 pm on Apr 30, 2011 (gmt 0)

Perhaps I posted this in the wrong forum ?
Harry




msg:4308131		 5:09 am on May 5, 2011 (gmt 0)

Make you max width smaller than 400px. It's too large for some popular smartphones that are based on widths of 320px like older iPhone models.
Robert Charlton




msg:4316717		 6:03 am on May 24, 2011 (gmt 0)

Any way to put large images in divs that don't display in mobile style sheets?
graeme_p




msg:4320360		 7:34 am on Jun 1, 2011 (gmt 0)

Yes you can using conditional CSS. Its not a good idea as most browsers will download the images anyway, so you are wasting bandwith on images that never show.
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