Tag Archives: Fixit
Fixit – Tables
February 1, 2008, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
This test determines if your page uses tables. Tables do not work well on limited size screens and may result in the user having to scroll horizontally to read them. Putting navigational links into tables may result in the user having both to scroll horizontally and vertically to see possible navigational choices. ... Read More
Fixit – Tables for layout
January 31, 2008, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
This test attempts to determines if your page is using tables for layout purposes. Tables should be used to present tabular data, rather than to control the layout of a page. The problems associated with using tables for layout are well documented. In particular, they generally require more markup and take longer to render than acheiving the same with CSS... Read More
Fixit – Nested Tables
January 24, 2008, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
This test determines if your page make use of nested tables. Mobile devices often cannot display nested tables correctly. When a mobile device is capable of displaying nested tables, the computations required to render the tables can consume lot of CPU and add to the display time for the page... Read More
Fixit – External Resources
January 23, 2008, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
This test determines how many externally linked resources your page relies on. Linked resources include images, stylesheets and other objects. Each externally linked resource requires a separate request across the network. This may add a significant amount to the page load time in the mobile context. ... Read More
Fixit – No Frames
January 4, 2008, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Frames are not supported on many mobile devices, and using them may have unpredictable results. Frames are also considered as being generally problematic. This test checks that your page does not use frames... Read More
