The Danger of Bullets
I got a message from Google Analytics last night that some of my posts had a problem with mobile usability.
There were a couple of issues - clickable links too close together. I'm still looking at that. I thinks it's the way the menu appears with the theme I'm using.
The other was that the content is wider than the screen.
What can that mean?
So I had a look at the offending pages and I found that where I'd placed indented bullets to emphasize some points, the content appeared on the right hand side of a mobile screen like a list of words. Ugly and not very readable:
So I went back and removed the bullet points:
Much better I think. But it was a timely reminder that at least 70% of web searches are done on a smartphone. It's easy for us to forget that what looks great on a PC screen doesn't necessarily translate to mobile. It's now a bit of a job to go through all my posts to rectify the error.
I think the answer is to always be thinking MOBILE as you create posts, including where we place images and how big they are, and CHECK what it looks like as soon as you've published.
Maybe it's the GridBlog theme I'm using, which I'm pretty happy with but if this can save anyone else the pain of having to go back and edit posts then I consider my work here to be done!
Have a great weekend All!
Adrian
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Hi Geoffrey, that's right. It's easy to forget sometimes when we spend so much of our time on a PC. What looks great on a computer can be lousy for the reader on a mobile and mean wasted effort.
I hope things are okay on the other side of the Irish Sea. I'm on the Wirral Peninsula, NW England.
Cheers
Adrian
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Hi Adrian.
thank you for sharing your wisdom.
kindest regards.
Paul from Canada.
You're welcome, Paul.