What's interesting to me about right now is that these seemingly high-tech devices are demanding that developers go back in time to the beginnings of the Web. As the delivery systems supposedly move forward, the coding goes the other way. Others would say that text coming back around is just a matter of competitive exclusion. Folks have seen fancy multimedia and would prefer the information they need, if they could find it. So the reasons for the change are admirable.
Web sites are admittedly bloated.
Download times remain atrocious outside of the speedy office connection. People continue to pick up FrontPage and Dreamweaver before Nielsen and Castro . So getting back to basics is probably a good idea. WAP and PDAs have forced developers to talk seriously about accessibility, usability and the customer experience along with Flash , LiveMotion and QuickTime, which can't be a bad thing. I can't wait to see what's next.