meta viewport and device-width in VGA resolution Pocket Pc

Hi!

I am making a web page for safari (iPhone) and opera mobile (PPC) and I have a problem with Opera Mobile 9.51 Beta.

I am using <meta name = "viewport" content = "width = device-width;" /> for adjust the web width for diferent devices but with not satisfactory results.

I am debuging with a QVGA Pocket PC (240x320), a VGA Pocket PC (480x640) and an iPhone (320x480).

In the iPhone the device-width takes 320 value, all OK.
In the QVGA PPC the device-width takes 240 value, all OK.
But in the VGA resolution PPC the device-width takes 240 value too. The appearance of the web is the same at QVGA or VGA Pocket PCs.

Is this normal? why the device-width information isn't 480 in a VGA PPC?

The VGA device i have is a HTC Diamond.


Thanks.

no mobile web developer from here?

Hi

I have 2 questions:

-What is the Opera build number (help->about) on the HTC Diamond device?
-Which exact viewport metatag are you using. Could you provide link to a testcase?

Regards,
Frode H. Jahr
Opera Software

the test webpage is: http://pruebas-web.donostia.org/mobile.nsf/fwHome?ReadForm

the metatag i am using:
<meta id="viewport" name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=no;" />

the build number of my htc diamond: 1522
but i am using at work the latest build downloaded today and same problems.

Thanks

hi frodehj,

any news about this?

Thanks.

Hi

I've tested your webpage (http://pruebas-web.donostia.org/mobile.nsf/fwHome?ReadForm) with build 1522 on Diamond device.
In my testing the webpage _is_ scaled to a width of 480 pixels, in accordance with the following:
<meta id="viewport" name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=no;" />

So i am unable to reproduce the issue.

Regards,
Frode H. Jahr
Opera Software

Hi Frode,

You see more than 3 buttons per row?

A take some screenshots:

In a QVGA device with 240x320 resolution only views 3 buttons per line.
http://pruebas-web.donostia.org/mobile.nsf/QVGA.png


In an iPhone (480x320 resolution) there are 4 buttons per line.
http://pruebas-web.donostia.org/mobile.nsf/iPhone.png


And in a VGA device like diamond with 480 pixels width only shows 3 buttons too.
http://pruebas-web.donostia.org/mobile.nsf/diamond.png


In 480px width enters at least 5 buttons per row but only shows 3 like at QVGA devices.

Is this normal? appareantly the device-width on diamond is 320 too.


Thanks for reply.

Post edited Thursday, 9. October 2008, 14:48:16

anyone with an htc diamond or other VGA Pocket PC to try the web page?

Post edited Wednesday, 15. October 2008, 22:21:27

I'm having the same issue. It is really bugging me because I don't understand why it's doing that.