so opera 25% of the mobile market... Iphone 22%....
thats nearly half of the mobile market upset in one go..
and the blackberry users dont seem happy either...
EDIT: and the symbian users too
so thats the whole mobile market..
anyone, with a vague knowledge (or even market research) can tell you that mobile browsing and small screen browsing (lapbooks etc) is on the up and up and is only going to increase more and more as mobile speeds get better.. websites simply HAVE to be tailored to the small screen...
The second thing, over the last few years as internet connections increased websites gradually became more image, flash, java heavy as the connections could handle it, and basically the old dial up users got forced into moving to broadband.. All well and good, but now low bandwidth browsing is making a comeback... more and more people are using phones sometimes on fairly low speeds, people are using the mobile networks to browse from their laptops, or using public wifi points at a lower speed, hotel wifi where many users may be sharing a connection and you are at near dialup speeds.. i imagine during the racing season cycling news have many many visitors who are on the road etc..
Now more so than any time since broadband came along, sites NEED to be suitable for the low bandwidth and small screen browser...
Web browsing isnt all about 8mb connections and 17" monitors..
Edit: Re opera.. just had a look with full browsing enabled on my opera and it is vastly better than the re-rendering/small screen that i tend to use as standard.. can i be bothered to switch modes every time i visit cyclingnews.. i dont know..