Mobile Ministry Magazine

As reported on earlier here, there has been a new domain for mobile devices (.mobi) that has been ratified for use. One of the caveats of using that .mobi domain is that websites would have to pass a sort of certification to be suitable for mobile devices.

Now personally, I am quite against the creating of specific .mobi websites as it takes away the "go anywhere-ness" that the web is supposed to have. And even as a website designer, I am guilty of making sites that do not work on mobile devices (I have since repented and depending on the site, I do make a great effort to make sites with mobile devices in mind). But I just see this as a bad thing. We will get to the point sooner than later where mobile devices will have the same resolution as desktops (except for phones) and so why have to create another website and maintain another domain for that. As someone who knows the technical aspects, it might not be much, but that is unnecessary.

Regardless of my feelings, the domain has been ratified and here is a paper/site outlining the scope of the .mobi domain. It is a short reading, and quite well put together. I recommed reading this if you are thinking of redesigning your website, or have purchased a mobile device and wonder why some websites dont work as well as others.

And to you website developers and designers out there visiting MMM, what do you think about the .mobi domain and what it means for your profession?