Promises of Progress » 1415.dk http://casper.warming.com/blog Wits - or GTFO Wed, 19 May 2010 11:58:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Flash-only sites are not mobile http://casper.warming.com/blog/2009/01/26/mobile-flash-pain/ http://casper.warming.com/blog/2009/01/26/mobile-flash-pain/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:53:07 +0000 casper http://casper.warming.com/blog/?p=126 Let’s do a quick case study:

In Denmark, the major public transportation companies have teamed up to provide tickets via SMS. The setup is simple:

  1. Send “1 2″ to 1415 (to get a 2-zone ticket, valid for journeys beginning in zone 1)
  2. Reply “JA” to the SMS you get back
  3. You receive a SMS ticket that you show to the busdriver or the train conductor

If you are waiting for the bus, and you need this information, what do you do? You go to the information site (www.1415.dk) on your mobile browser, right?

Wrong. It’s flash only.

1415.dk on the iPhone

Given that no commonly available phone support native Flash very well (or at all) – please just provide a xhtml alternative.

Ironically, the site features a competition, where you can win — you’ve guessed it — an iPhone!

www.1415.dk iPhone competition

I smell an old-fashioned approach to marketing. I hope they have a mobile version coming up soon.

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