NEW W3C Standards

Browser specifics design - not clear in my mind-

[henry0]

As per the following
Should I understand that at some point in the next future one shouldn't any longer design by keeping in mind browser specifics from web TV's to PDA's
And that server application will do the conversion?
Well I really do not get the essence of the article
That can be found @ the wallstreetandtech.com web
Look for the “IT Wire” then for the W3C article - Below is an excerpt

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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Thursday released a standard that it says could lead to a device-independent Web.
The organization's Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP) recommendation provides a method by which servers can deliver content that is readable by the specific device that is accessing it. Currently, most sites are difficult to read and navigate with devices, such as PDAs and smartphones, that don't use full-screen Web browsers
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Regards

[txbakers]

Yes, I think that's the goal of the W3C - totally independent pages which will render and work on any device.

I personally think that's ludicrous. While a site like this might work on a 3 x 3 screen, other websites and web programs just won't.

I write corporate reports for the web. Most of the reports are 8.5 x 11 landscape with 12 months of financial data. Some of my clients wondered why they couldn't pull the reports on their PDA. I asked them if they thought it would be good idea to deliver their regular reports on a post-it instead of a full sheet.

they got the picture.

For the foreseeable future I intend to keep the devices separate - PDAs will access a diffeernt URL than regular browsers.

[henry0]

I second your thoughts
further I really do not think we have the technology -at least yet- do we?

[victor]

This isn't just for degrading pages gracefully so they work in PDA.

Three people could ask for your homepage. One wants the lowest res images you've got (they are on a dial-up modem). One would like the highest res. Ane the thir one wants Flash demos and streaming media movies instead of static photos.

With a tiny bit of software that assembles your web page from its range of compenents, and adapts them for what the user wants, you take one great big step towards being genuinely user-centric.

We already know (many of us) that liquid layouts are better at attracting a range of users than insisting that they see the site in the only way we deem possible.

This simply takes liquid to the next level.

We should all be screaming for it to be available now.

[henry0]

To be realistic, regardless of each other aspiration
Where does the actual technology in that regard stands?
Is it only in a “dream-able” state?
Or somehow in alpha testing?