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<h1 class="articleH1">MedlinePlus Mobile Update: Full Access from Your Phone</h1>
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<p class="tbyearmonth">Jentsch J, Huston M, Robison R. MedlinePlus Mobile Update: Full Access from Your Phone. NLM Tech Bull. 2014 Sep-Oct;(400):e12.</p>
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<div class="articleactions">2014 October 22 <span class="status">[posted]</span>
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<p>The National Library of Medicine (NLM) released new versions of the MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español mobile sites in October 2014. The mobile sites can be accessed at <a href="//m.medlineplus.gov">//m.medlineplus.gov</a> and <a href="//m.medlineplus.gov/spanish/">//m.medlineplus.gov/spanish/</a>, respectively (see <a href="#fig1">Figure 1</a>).
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<p>Like the <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf10/jf10_mobile_mplus.html">original 2010 versions</a>, these newly redesigned sites are optimized for mobile phones and tablets. Unlike the original mobile sites that contained only a subset of the information available on MedlinePlus, the new sites have all the content that you will find on <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/">MedlinePlus</a> and <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/medlineplus.html">MedlinePlus en español</a>. They also have an improved design for easier use on mobile devices.
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<div class="figure" style="width: 650px;"> <img src="/pubs/techbull/so14/graphics/medlineplus_fig1.png" alt="Screen capture of the new mobile homepage designs for MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español." title="Screen capture of PubMed Mobile homepage" width="650" height="507" /><br /> <strong>Figure 1: New mobile homepage designs for MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español.</strong>
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Features of the New Mobile Sites
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The key features of the redesigned mobile sites are:
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<li>Access to all the content available on MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español (see <a href="#fig2">Figure 2</a>)</li>
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<li>Improved navigation using menus to access search and major areas of the site (see Figures <a href="#fig2">2</a> and <a href="#fig3">3</a>)</li>
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<li>Enhanced page navigation with the ability to open and close sections within pages (see <a href="#fig4">Figure 4</a>)</li>
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<li>Updated look and feel with a refreshed design</li>
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<div class="figure" style="width: 650px"> <img src="/pubs/techbull/so14/graphics/medlineplus_fig2.png" alt="Screen capture of the menus to access major content areas of the site and the site search." title="Screen capture of the menus to access major content areas of the site and the site search" width="650" height="553" /><br /> <strong>Figure 2: Use the menus to access major content areas of the site and the site search.</strong>
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<div class="figure" style="width: 300px;"> <img src="/pubs/techbull/so14/graphics/medlineplus_fig3.png" alt="Screen capture of a health topic page on your mobile phone." title="Screen capture of a health topic page on your mobile phone" width="300" height="526" /><br /> <strong>Figure 3: A health topic page on your mobile device.</strong>
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<div class="figure" style="width: 300px;"> <img src="/pubs/techbull/so14/graphics/medlineplus_fig4.png" alt="Screen capture of open and closed sections of the page for easier reading on a mobile phone." title="Screen capture of open and closed sections of the page for easier reading on a mobile phone" width="300" height="455" /><br /> <strong>Figure 4: Open and close sections of the page for easier reading on a mobile device.</strong>
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<p>You can access the mobile version of any page on MedlinePlus by clicking the "Mobile version" ("Versión móvil") link in the page footer. The "Desktop version" ("Ver página no optimizada para móviles") link in each mobile page footer takes you to the same page on the current "desktop" site.
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<h2>Responsive Design for MedlinePlus
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<p>The release of the new mobile version is the first phase in a plan to redesign MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español to behave responsively. Responsively-designed websites automatically change their layouts to fit the screen of the device on which they are viewed, whether that is a large desktop monitor or a small mobile touchscreen. A user viewing a responsive site on a mobile phone will be able to navigate and search with a minimum of scrolling or zooming.
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<p>In the next phase, the MedlinePlus team will launch a fully responsive design that will allow for a consistent user experience from any point of access, whether desktop, tablet, or phone. This will remove the need for separate mobile sites for MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español. NLM will release fully responsive versions of MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español in Spring 2015. Following that release, NLM will retire the mobile URLs (m.medlineplus.gov, m.medlineplus.gov/spanish). Users will then have one destination for MedlinePlus (<a href="//www.medlineplus.gov">www.medlineplus.gov</a> or <a href="//www.medlineplus.gov/spanish">www.medlineplus.gov/spanish</a>) when using any device.
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<p>Until then, try out the first offering of the MedlinePlus responsive design on your smartphone. Visit the latest versions of MedlinePlus Mobile in <a href="//m.medlineplus.gov">English</a> and in <a href="//m.medlineplus.gov/spanish">Spanish</a>.
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