Mozilla's Joey Seeks To Merge the Mobile Web with the Desktop Web

While the use of mobile devices for accessing the Web has increased steadily, what is a constant issue for users is getting the content on the mobile device to look as it does on the desktop. And when the content is formatted wrong, it is often unusable on the mobile.

One of the latest projects out of the Mozilla Labs is Joey, a Firefox extension designed to solve this problem by taking snippets of a web page from the desktop and, through a mobile formatted portal, make the text or media available in a mobile friendly and usable way.

Here's how it works: someone can use Firefox to send text clippings, pictures, videos, RSS content, and Live Bookmarks to a phone through the Joey Server. The Joey Server transcodes and keeps all of the content up-to-date. The person can then use the phone's web browser or the Joey application on the phone to view and manage what has been uploaded.

Joey requires the use of the Firefox web browser and the Joey Firefox extension. Download it and the tutorial on the service from the Joey web site.

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