In case you missed it Openwave announced an update to its OpenWeb Adaptation Solution which will do a better job of respecting mobile specific content and the intent of the content onwer/author.
It turns out that the Openwave contribution to the see of transforming proxies to bring the 'full web' down to mobile browsers will now at least make an attempt at allowing developers who take the time, effort and energy to build mobile specific interfaces actually deliver them to end users.
Can we attribute this change of strategy to the advocacy of Luca? That's hard to say, but they do appear to be listening to someone in the developer community. Say what you will about the approach that Luca has been taking to the problem that transcoding servers present to mobile developers. Maybe he is a bit of a bull in a china shop, but fundamentally he's got a number of things right. If I'm going to take the time to detect the user-agent visiting my site so I can optimize my content, don't hide it from me….
Thanks!
Ron
