Comments on: Transit sites: Go mobile, please! http://www.contentious.com/2008/08/12/transit-sites-go-mobile-please/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:46:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: TheJennTaFur http://www.contentious.com/2008/08/12/transit-sites-go-mobile-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1223412 TheJennTaFur Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:12:28 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2008/08/12/transit-sites-go-mobile-please/#comment-1223412 Your post here has encouraged me to consider going mobile since AMTRAK and now I see the Washington Metro is accessible by mobile. So, now in NYC where I live I see that I can access the MTA site which is GREAT: http://mta.info/ After reading your twits on mobile devices now I have to figure out which mobile device I really want but I think I am getting a blackberry instead of an iPhone. I will keep on reading! Thanks always, Amy, for the informative posts! Your post here has encouraged me to consider going mobile since AMTRAK and now I see the Washington Metro is accessible by mobile. So, now in NYC where I live I see that I can access the MTA site which is GREAT:
http://mta.info/

After reading your twits on mobile devices now I have to figure out which mobile device I really want but I think I am getting a blackberry instead of an iPhone. I will keep on reading! Thanks always, Amy, for the informative posts!

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://www.contentious.com/2008/08/12/transit-sites-go-mobile-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1223293 Amy Gahran Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:55:17 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2008/08/12/transit-sites-go-mobile-please/#comment-1223293 I also notice that Amtrak has a pretty simple, user-friendly mobile site. It has a godawful URL: <a href="http://mobile.usablenet.com/mt/http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage" rel="nofollow">http://mobile.usablenet.com/mt/http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage</a>. But fortunately you can get to it simply by visiting <a href="http://amtrak.com" rel="nofollow">amtrak.com</a> from your mobile device. It automatically redirects to the mobile version. Looks like Amtrak used <a href="http://usablenet.com/" rel="nofollow">Usablenet</a> to create its mobile site -- a pretty good move. Mobile development is its own art, and it's very different from traditional web design. When making your site mobile-friendly, it might help to outsource that to a place with a proven track record. - Amy Gahran I also notice that Amtrak has a pretty simple, user-friendly mobile site. It has a godawful URL: http://mobile.usablenet.com/mt/http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage. But fortunately you can get to it simply by visiting amtrak.com from your mobile device. It automatically redirects to the mobile version.

Looks like Amtrak used Usablenet to create its mobile site — a pretty good move. Mobile development is its own art, and it’s very different from traditional web design. When making your site mobile-friendly, it might help to outsource that to a place with a proven track record.

- Amy Gahran

]]> By: corinne http://www.contentious.com/2008/08/12/transit-sites-go-mobile-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1223290 corinne Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:03:25 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2008/08/12/transit-sites-go-mobile-please/#comment-1223290 DC Metro's website has a mobile version but I haven't tried it out because I just learned about it. Last week, a switch went out causing major delays on two lines and I couldn't navigate the website on my Blackberry. So when I got into to work I logged in and found the link under the category "Also of Interest"--toward the bottom of the page. There should be a link either at the top of the page or on the left hand navigation. http://www.wmata.com/mobileblurb/default.cfm DC Metro’s website has a mobile version but I haven’t tried it out because I just learned about it. Last week, a switch went out causing major delays on two lines and I couldn’t navigate the website on my Blackberry. So when I got into to work I logged in and found the link under the category “Also of Interest”–toward the bottom of the page. There should be a link either at the top of the page or on the left hand navigation.

http://www.wmata.com/mobileblurb/default.cfm

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