Comments on: Is .mobi the right answer? http://mcguireslaw.com/2006/04/08/is-mobi-the-right-answer/ The value of any product or service increases with its mobility. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:37:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: The Law of Mobility » Blog Archive » .mobi doa? http://mcguireslaw.com/2006/04/08/is-mobi-the-right-answer/#comment-21 The Law of Mobility » Blog Archive » .mobi doa? Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:03:26 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=42#comment-21 [...] Techdirt is reporting that domain registrations for the .mobi TLD are lagging to the point that the .mobi folks have had to extend the registration period.  Of course, this is no surprise to us, since: [...] [...] Techdirt is reporting that domain registrations for the .mobi TLD are lagging to the point that the .mobi folks have had to extend the registration period.  Of course, this is no surprise to us, since: [...]

]]> By: The Law of Mobility » Blog Archive » Painfully living in the real world http://mcguireslaw.com/2006/04/08/is-mobi-the-right-answer/#comment-20 The Law of Mobility » Blog Archive » Painfully living in the real world Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:44:16 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=42#comment-20 [...] The mobile world failed, simply because the web developers of that global business had failed to accomodate the needs of a mobile user.  As I’ve pointed out before, this is not such a hard problem to solve.  Broad adoption of mobile-friendly adaptation of web content would be a huge first step towards making the Mobile World a better world. [...] [...] The mobile world failed, simply because the web developers of that global business had failed to accomodate the needs of a mobile user.  As I’ve pointed out before, this is not such a hard problem to solve.  Broad adoption of mobile-friendly adaptation of web content would be a huge first step towards making the Mobile World a better world. [...]

]]> By: Danny Briere http://mcguireslaw.com/2006/04/08/is-mobi-the-right-answer/#comment-19 Danny Briere Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:40:08 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=42#comment-19 Oh I was not serious about .sss, it was exempletive of how it does not work. I like your m.website.com idea better, it makes more sense. Oh I was not serious about .sss, it was exempletive of how it does not work. I like your m.website.com idea better, it makes more sense.

]]> By: Russ http://mcguireslaw.com/2006/04/08/is-mobi-the-right-answer/#comment-18 Russ Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:33:57 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=42#comment-18 Thanks for the note Danny. But .sss isn't going to cut it... Three in a row on the same key (777)... .sds might work (737) for "small device size" or something... Thanks for the note Danny. But .sss isn’t going to cut it… Three in a row on the same key (777)… .sds might work (737) for “small device size” or something…

]]> By: Danny Briere http://mcguireslaw.com/2006/04/08/is-mobi-the-right-answer/#comment-17 Danny Briere Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:03:32 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=42#comment-17 Back before IP was the rave, we had the same issue with telephone numbers to a degree. We had numbers for phone, fax, paging, toll-free, remote access, and other applications. We actually had a project to conceptualize the right answer to how to make this digestible by the masses. We looked a custom NPA assignments, central numbers, etc. We even looked at adding another last digit -- 1 for phone, 2 for fax, 3 for pager, etc. None of these were really the best -- what was the best was to have one phone number and have the network know what type of device was calling and automatically route it to that destination device. After all, on answering, you can detect a fax machine is calling. I don't think the Internet should be any different. We need better device awareness, and a single domain should be able to detect "It's a cell phone" and serve up the cell phone friendly version of the site. .mobi is a bad solution by the wrong people. The mobile industry is impatient and wants to speed all this up with a special domain. But I don't think that will work -- because, according to the Law of Mobility -- everything's going to be accesible to the mobile networks. They don't need .mobi for 'mobile', they need .sss for 'small screen size' if you're going to have anything. It's the wrong name for the wrong problem all the way around. Back before IP was the rave, we had the same issue with telephone numbers to a degree. We had numbers for phone, fax, paging, toll-free, remote access, and other applications. We actually had a project to conceptualize the right answer to how to make this digestible by the masses. We looked a custom NPA assignments, central numbers, etc. We even looked at adding another last digit — 1 for phone, 2 for fax, 3 for pager, etc. None of these were really the best — what was the best was to have one phone number and have the network know what type of device was calling and automatically route it to that destination device. After all, on answering, you can detect a fax machine is calling.

I don’t think the Internet should be any different. We need better device awareness, and a single domain should be able to detect “It’s a cell phone” and serve up the cell phone friendly version of the site. .mobi is a bad solution by the wrong people. The mobile industry is impatient and wants to speed all this up with a special domain. But I don’t think that will work — because, according to the Law of Mobility — everything’s going to be accesible to the mobile networks. They don’t need .mobi for ‘mobile’, they need .sss for ’small screen size’ if you’re going to have anything. It’s the wrong name for the wrong problem all the way around.

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