Usability News reports on a study into the usability of mobile websites, originally reported by CNET.
As part of the study, more than 75 participants were asked to find an entertainment news story, read it, and search for a story on another specific top and then send that story to a friend. Keynote found that even big Internet brands, which have invested a lot in mobile development did not score exceedingly well in terms of satisfaction. In fact rates were low for both Yahoo, which only scored 51 percent satisfaction, and Fox News, which scored 64 percent satisfaction for their mobile Web sites.
That said, Fox News users were more likely to find the mobile experience to be better than a computer experience.
It would be interesting to run a similar study on some local m-sites to see if they perform any better. In particular to see how the local News sites compare to our Fox cousins.
In lieu of that, anyone have any feedback on the usability of the mobile versions of Australian news websites?
