Broadly, guys, for a lot of the interest in 'mobile', although not all, I very much don't 'get it'. Where am I going wrong?
For my project, I want happy, "engaged" (F. Wilson, AVC.com) users who see my work as a "must have" or at least as something quite important to them. Then, my work needs a good enough 'user interface' (UI) and to provide a good 'user experience' (UX); for these two, the simple, quite standard HTML and a simple laptop computer or better are fine, but small, handheld, mobile devices look awful: The display and keyboard are too small, and access to the rest of the user's often crucially important 'full computing environment' is too limited. There are also some new, severe security problems.
While there is money to be made in mobile, I see it easier to make money where my users have a laptop or better with a standard Web browser.
Generally I see it better to provide new 'content' the users will like a lot, via a standard Web browser on a laptop or better, than to severely throttle the content and severely hurt the UI/UX just to provide access on a handheld device. That is, I trust in the CONTENT and not the 'form factor', and definitely don't want the form factor to hurt the rest.
Net, I definitely do not believe in "mobile first".
For my project, I want happy, "engaged" (F. Wilson, AVC.com) users who see my work as a "must have" or at least as something quite important to them. Then, my work needs a good enough 'user interface' (UI) and to provide a good 'user experience' (UX); for these two, the simple, quite standard HTML and a simple laptop computer or better are fine, but small, handheld, mobile devices look awful: The display and keyboard are too small, and access to the rest of the user's often crucially important 'full computing environment' is too limited. There are also some new, severe security problems.
While there is money to be made in mobile, I see it easier to make money where my users have a laptop or better with a standard Web browser.
Generally I see it better to provide new 'content' the users will like a lot, via a standard Web browser on a laptop or better, than to severely throttle the content and severely hurt the UI/UX just to provide access on a handheld device. That is, I trust in the CONTENT and not the 'form factor', and definitely don't want the form factor to hurt the rest.
Net, I definitely do not believe in "mobile first".
Where am I going wrong?