Mobile friendliness
- Thread starter Sharon
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Yes, got to keep up with the times and whatnot, I mean people want it easy and helpful and whatnot.
Absolutely. I think it's important to be at least functional (and fun to use) on mobile devices. Around 50% of internet traffic is from mobiles these days... having a layout that tortures mobile users is just a horrible losing strategy!
With that being said, it feels like a lot of websites are designed solely for mobile - and, when accessed via PC, they look like a mobile app stretched out. I don't think that's a great strategy either: PCs offer a lot more space, and if you want a website that's fun to use on a PC, you need to take advantage of that extra space. Otherwise, the site will be clunky to use on a PC, and it'll alienate that audience.
With that being said, it feels like a lot of websites are designed solely for mobile - and, when accessed via PC, they look like a mobile app stretched out. I don't think that's a great strategy either: PCs offer a lot more space, and if you want a website that's fun to use on a PC, you need to take advantage of that extra space. Otherwise, the site will be clunky to use on a PC, and it'll alienate that audience.
I think everyone's sites should be mobile friendly, in fact that's actually one of the main reasons why recently I went with using Xenforo on my current board because the software I used before (UBB threads) didn't have this functionality out of the box and I'm not familiar with javascript or php so I wouldn't be able to implement it myself. :V
This is a good question as the issue with Proboards (the platform I use for my forum), the new version they are coming out with has issues with leaving Desktop people behind. Websites & forums need to include everybody & make it a user friendly experience.
It's very important now. Sites that aren't responsive are just very annoying to use and unless it's for something very important, I will close the site straight away if it's not easy to use on a mobile device.
aren't responsive people go off from the site. that's what I do not want. I do the same 
In these times there has to be some easy mobile sites, not every site is, but if you don't, it could lose traffic.
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Absolutely, I think most people are visiting the internet through mobile devices these days so to neglect a good performing mobile version of a website is neglecting the majority of your market.
Considering SEO is also affected by mobile usability, it certainly is a must these days IMO if you want to see any kind of success.
Considering SEO is also affected by mobile usability, it certainly is a must these days IMO if you want to see any kind of success.
I think Google's AMP has made it possible for many people to easily use the mobile friendly layout. And it can make a good amount of money if done the right way. I don't know how the layout would helps any more with SEO but helps user friendly way during mobile usage.