A handful of the world’s top cell phone and Internet firms, including mobile giants Nokia and Vodafone as well as search behemoth Google, have come to an agreement on guidelines for the development of websites to make surfing the Internet via cell phones more simple and effective, Reuters reports.Most new cell phones come equipped with Web browsers, but a relatively small percentage of mobile phone users actually surf the Internet with their handsets for a variety of reasons, including the fact that most sites aren’t ready for cell phone viewing and they appear fragmented or incomplete on most mobile displays.The World Wide Web Consortium, a group that works to enhance and increase the Internet’s capabilities, wants to improve the quality of sites viewed via mobile phones, and it’s creating 60 guidelines to speed the process along, Reuters reports.Within the new guidelines for site developers are suggestions to stay away from very large graphics or pop-up ads that can take up a full cell phone screen, and a recommendation to design sites so that the most relevant content appears at the top of the screen, to avoid excessive and unnecessary scrolling, according to Reuters. The guidelines also advise developers to stop using cookies to keep track of Web surfers’ preferences or passwords, and to find another option because cookies don’t work on mobile phones, Reuters reports.Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe