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Scripting News, the weblog started in 1997 that bootstrapped the blogging revolution.
Problem solved -- Readable websites on an iPhone

Scott Mace sent some advice that worked, that made it so that my example page looks good in Safari on an iPhone without the user having to adjust the resolution.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Open this page on the iPhone, you'll see it reads quite well. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
If you don't have an iPhone, here's a screen shot. ";->" Permanent link to this item in the archive.
The trick is to add a <meta> element to the page: Permanent link to this item in the archive.
<meta name="viewport" content="width=320"> Permanent link to this item in the archive.
View source on nytimesriver to see how it works.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Here's a thread where this is discussed. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
PS: The same page looks good on a Blackberry too. Permanent link to this item in the archive.



     

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A picture named dave.jpgDave Winer, 55, is a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in New York City.

"The protoblogger." - NY Times.

"The father of modern-day content distribution." - PC World.

One of BusinessWeek's 25 Most Influential People on the Web.

"Helped popularize blogging, podcasting and RSS." - Time.

"The father of blogging and RSS." - BBC.

"RSS was born in 1997 out of the confluence of Dave Winer's 'Really Simple Syndication' technology, used to push out blog updates, and Netscape's 'Rich Site Summary', which allowed users to create custom Netscape home pages with regularly updated data flows." - Tim O'Reilly.

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