When I initially proposed the idea of Mobile First over three years ago, there were a lot of skeptics. The situation today has a lot more people convinced that taking mobile seriously matters. But just in case some people remain unconvinced, here's a really vivid way of explaining the situation.

If you haven't whipped your Web site into shape for easy viewing on small-screen devices, you'd better get cracking.

Great details from the Web Directions folks.

Most interesting finding: 51% of respondents in the U.S. use Opera Mini to access the web more than a desktop or laptop computer. (Most other countries have much higher percentages.)

I can't say I'm surprised.

Opera releases info on MAMA's findings regarding web standards usage worldwide (and more).