With Amazon’s Kindle competing with iPad 2 tablets are here to stay.
Although most tablets’ screen resolution matches that of the desktop, yet a different version is required for tablets? This is mainly to improve the user experience.
We use mouse clicks and keyboards for desktops while with tablets, we use finger sweeps and on-screen keyboards.
To succeed in this ever growing space, you’ll need to serve a touch optimized version of your website.
So what makes tablet optimization different from optimization for desktop users.
- While most tablets support flash, the most popular one – ipad does not. If you want your site’s content to render correctly on an iPad, then you’d better start converting the Flash content to HTML5.
- Use larger fonts and buttons – Tablets may have smaller displays than computer screens, but larger fonts work better as they are more user friendly on mobile devices. In addition make buttons finger-friendly and make them as large as possible. Offer a way for users to toggle between tablet view and normal view.
- The number of videos and animations affect the site speed. Do not overdo it with these. Use videos only if it adds to the user experience as too many videos can make it difficult for users on the go to have a good experience.
- Keep the checkout simple. Ask for as less information as it gets difficult for a user to type from a tablet and they may save the checkout for processing later if there is an overload of required information. As a result the checkout may never happen.
- Where you can give the option to download information instead of just leaving is on the site.
- Avoid paginated pages. Since scrolling down is pretty easy in tablets, you should opt for view all pages as much as possible.
However, if you already have desktop and mobile friendly versions of your site then just make sure that every page has a corresponding tablet friendly version which is served when a user browses using a tablet.
Tags: Tablet, Website Optimization
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on October 31, 2011 at 10:50 pm
If only I can use this with my work I will really purchase one of this tablet. I got a crush on it!
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on November 1, 2011 at 12:22 pm
It would be cool if you could use it with your work as it is very easy to carry around and use tablets.
on November 1, 2011 at 3:51 am
The next generation of computer’s will be totally base on mobile devices like i-phone, i-pad. So it will be quite handful to make those websites mobile friendly, such that everyone can access any site without having any difficulties.
on November 1, 2011 at 12:24 pm
I’m not sure if the next generation of computers will be based on the current i-phones or i-pads as mobile devices are still behind computers in terms of technology. I do think, however; that with each year the number of mobile devices in use will continue to grow substantially.
on November 1, 2011 at 6:15 am
Tablets are getting popular everyday and you have to create a tablet version of your site, or else you would loss your targeted traffic through tablets.
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on November 1, 2011 at 12:25 pm
I agree. Traffic to my blog from mobile devices has been increasing at a good rate over the past few months, and I can see it continuing for years to come.
on November 1, 2011 at 9:07 am
It seems to me that it can be really very useful for everyone to optimize a website for the tablets, at least it will be much more convenient for the majority of people.
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on November 1, 2011 at 12:27 pm
I think a large portion of the population will view web pages on a mobile device, so it is important to ensure your website can be displayed properly.
on November 4, 2011 at 12:44 pm
I have not received much traffic from any of these new little gadgets and I know you have the reason right here – my sites are probably not optimized for them. So all of that has to change because I should not be leaving any means of improving my websites value and my earning power – out.
Thank you Paul for bringing this useful post to my consciousness. The rest is up to me
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on November 4, 2011 at 1:18 pm
For WordPress blogs there is a plugin that will pretty much format your site for mobile devices. It is called WPtouch, and it has worked well for my blog. About 6-7% of my visitors visit my blog using a mobile device, so it helps to have my blog display properly on such devices.
on November 8, 2011 at 1:45 am
I agree that in future more and more tablets will be used to access websites and it is the right step to optimize the website for tablets.
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on November 8, 2011 at 8:12 am
Mobile devices have been growing in usage, and so far account for 6-7% of my monthly traffic. This is a large increase compared to a year ago.
on November 8, 2011 at 10:09 am
These are really great tips! I will be using this guide to optimize my tablet! Thanks for sharing!
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on November 8, 2011 at 3:18 pm
No problem. It is important to optimize your site for tablets considering the growth in mobile device usage.
on November 17, 2011 at 10:04 am
This is good news for tablet users. They can now search easily on their tabs, and they can do their blogs outside their home. I wish I can acquire one as soon as possible. I’m dying to have one!
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