The Goole Mobile Viewer is a tool that was intended for use by mobile customers. In other words, when you’re on your cell phone, you can go to this page and convert the pages you want to see into more mobile friendly views. But that makes it perfect for designers who would like to see how their pages look in a stripped-down, mobile environment. One really useful feature is that it shows you how your page will line up — what elements will come first. The best pages have the primary content first (or first after the page title), but most pages (especially those with left navigation) end up with the navigation links first. Find out how your pages display on mobile devices with this simple tool.

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Web Design Software Pick of the Week: Google Mobile Viewer originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Sunday, September 19th, 2010 at 14:27:05.

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