Friday, December 2, 2005
Internet Explorer Mobile Layout Meta Tag
Posted by Jason Dunn in "DEVELOPER" @ 10:15 AM
"The Internet Explorer Mobile default layout fits the page content to the Windows Mobile-based device screen. The Internet Explorer Mobile default fit-to-screen layout can be changed. The Windows Mobile-based Smartphones have a Layout menu that enables users to select the Internet Explorer Mobile layout they want....Web developers use the MOBILEOPTIMIZED meta tag to control the Internet Explorer Mobile layout. Setting the MOBILEOPTIMIZED meta tag is equivalent to the Layout menu Desktop selection. When the MOBILEOPTIMIZED meta tag is set Internet Explorer Mobile does not modify the layout at all for the page containing the meta tag. With the meta tag, the screen width, minus margins, and scrollbars, is used to determine the width for rendering with fit-to-screen"
If you're developing a Windows Mobile-friendly site, this is a good bit of info to have. We'll be implementing this on our site as well, because it drives me nuts to see our carefully designed layout broken by IE Mobile because it's in one-column mode.
If you're developing a Windows Mobile-friendly site, this is a good bit of info to have. We'll be implementing this on our site as well, because it drives me nuts to see our carefully designed layout broken by IE Mobile because it's in one-column mode.
