Principles for designing hospital intranets for hand‐held computer users Available to Purchase

This paper discusses Web design for compatibility with hand‐held computers, illustrated with examples from medical contexts. Hand‐helds’ small screens make them a challenge. Horizontal scrolling is a particular problem. PIE is recommended as a lowest common denominator browser to test Web designs. Particular pitfalls are the COLSPAN element in tables, pdf and frames. The paper reviews examples of good design and useful tools to support good Web design. In fact, designs accessible for hand‐helds tend also to be good for disabled users, another reason for taking such design issues seriously.