Make your website friendly for cellphones

MakeUseOf recommends Google Mobilizer for adapting any website for use on a cellphone.

Google Mobilizer will take “any website and make it viewable on your mobile phone or PDA. Simply go to Google Mobilizer and enter the website URL, indicate whether you want images on/off, and click ‘GO’. Mobilizer will present you with a neat, add-free and stripped down version of the website. You also get a navigation menu to easily browse through website’s pages.”

Note: this is a very brief page with a place to enter the URL, and a checkbox if there are no images.  This does not actually change the website; it just reformats a copy of it and makes it available.  Handy if you need to see something on a page intended for a full screen view only, and checking the HTML may give you some ideas on how to create a mobile-friendly version of your own website.

Computer user ergonomics

Gizmo’s Tech Support Alert has advice for using a computer with minimum back and neck strain.

Look, Ma — one hand!

Whether you have a temporary or long-term disability, it helps if you can still use your computer — even with only one hand, and sometimes it’s just simpler that way.

FastWrite allows you to type with only one hand and 9 main keys. Freeware.

Virtual Magnifying Glass is freeware

Clif Notes Newsletter has a review of Virtual Magnifying Glass, which lets you magnify part of your screen. Handy for reading fine print, or for enlarging that part of the screen when you’re making a presentation.