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From: Dean Hamack
Date: Nov 19, 2009 1:50PM

There are two Firefox plugins that will allow you to do this: The Web
Developer Toolbar, and the User Agent Switcher.

Using the Web Dev toolbar, you can use the "CSS" tab to render pages using
mobile stylesheets.

Using the User Agent Switcher, you can render pages as seen on an iPhone.

Between those two, you should be fairly well covered.

In answer to Randi's question, the answer is "no". Facebook has set up a
completely separate site for mobile users, so it looks the same on a browser
as it does on a mobile device. But that's not the case with most sites.


On 11/19/09 1:23 PM, "Geof Collis" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Does anyone know of a website or application where I can view my
> website as if I was using a mobile device? I dont mean screen shots,
> I mena an actual experience.
>
> Currently I have a style sheet that a user can click on to render it
> for mobile devices but I'm checking into a WordPress plugin that will
> automatically detect mobile devices and serve up an appropriate style
> sheet, I want to see how it renders as I dont use any.
>
> Also, If anyone with a mobile device has time can you go to
> www.badeyes.com and click on the "mobile" link at the top of the page
> and see how it looks? It's based on a Joe Clark tutorial.
>
> cheers
>
> Geof
>
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