Mobilize any web page with Google Reader

Many web sites (including Download Squad) have an uncanny way of appearing attractive whether you view them on a full sized desktop web browser or a mobile web browser on your tiny cellphone screen. But if you don't have the time, energy, or programming expertise to create a mobile version of your web site, or if you want to read someone else's web site on your cellphone, there are a few easy ways to create cellphone-friendly versions of any site.

A while back we looked at MoFuse, a free service that strips away all of the unnecessary content on any site and gives you a mobile version optimized for small screens and low bandwidth internet connections. But you can achieve the same results using Google Reader.

All you have to do is add an RSS feed to the end of this URL: http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/feed/. For example, http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/feed/http://downloadsquad.switched.com/category/social-software/rss.xml will bring up a basic page with a list of Download Squad stories about social software. For some reason our main RSS feed doesn't seem to work, so this solution doesn't appear to be one size fits all. But it only takes a few seconds to find out if your site's feed will work. If it does, you can give your blog visitors easy access to a mobile version of your page, or you can create a series of bookmarks for your favorite web sites on your mobile phone.

[via Digital Inspiration]

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