Media RSS，是以RSS為基礎所改良並公布的一種標準，適用於多媒體影音檔案，包括聲音、電影、電視節目、圖片等，是由雅虎和MRSS的社群共同開發。主要功能是讓多媒體檔案的發布者，能夠藉此標準將之提供給雅虎以及其他支援此標準的網站，讓一些小眾、個人化的創作也能夠廣泛傳播，並在影片搜尋的結果中被輕易找到。最近MRSS受到許多關注，一方面是因為影像搜尋服務的緣故，一方面則是Podcasting也是屬於另一種MRSS規格，但只能支援聲音檔案。目前雅虎持續推動他們所制定的MRSS 1.0 。

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The Phone Factor

By Opera Software · 1 Nov, 2006

Published in: Phones, device independence, coding tips

Phones can be summed up as being slow and small. Designing for phones isn't different from designing for desktop PCs, but a greater focus is needed on what is important on a page and how to achieve that efficiently. Redundancy is not desirable on small devices, as you can't as easily scan and ignore surplus content as you can on a big screen.

Page design

The desired layout for handheld devices is single-column, with the important information near the top of the page. Redundant information should be removed or hidden, but be careful not to remove content the user actually will need or want. Horizontal scrolling during reading is very distracting and should be avoided at all cost. There are several strategies that are in use:

• Use very fluid designs. Designs based on tables, frames, or absolute positioning are ill suited for devices. It is hard to make an attractive design based on one size fits all unless it can be pared down to the very essentials.
• Let Opera do the reformatting. Create a design optimized for normal desktop displays and let the browser adapt the content. This strategy works especially well if the source code content comes in logical order.
• Make several versions of the page, one for desktop and a few more versions for devices, and let the server decide which one to send.
• Let the content adjust to different types of display, using CSS handheld media, Media Queries, or JavaScript based queries.

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