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- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+27http://developer.apple.com/iphone/images/fingermouse.png
Am I the only one amused by this? - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19Differences Between Safari on iPhone and the Computer Desktop:
By default, Safari on iPhone blocks pop-up windows. However, it is a preference that users may change.
Safari on iPhone supports:
* Cookies
* User-initiated window-open calls. There is a limit of 8 pages (equivalent to 8 open windows) in page view.
Safari on iPhone does not support:
* window.showModalDialog()
* Mouse-over events
* Hover styles
* Tool tips
* Java applets
* Flash
* Plug-in installation
* Custom x.509 certificates
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This is actually really helpful info for developers, glad to see apple put all this info in one place - SiRwhilms, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18They ask you to use web standards (XHTML) and then give you an example embed element with the element name and attributes in allcaps. Nice.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Oh yeah, I'm sure... we absolutely need Flash for the Internet to survive. :-|
- sirgolf82, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8They should write Web Development Guidelines for the Web Development Guidelines page.
(nested content=bad) - parsap, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Some web standards are worth fighting over. Case sensitivity is not one of those.
- superkendall, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Yes, but UNTIL THEN this guide is really helpful for understanding how the iPhone browser behaves, and how specifically you may help to trigger some phone integrations (like number dialing).
- SniperSlap, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6I think for web developers this is handy.
They need an official one of these for every PSP firmware release. Nintendo DS web browser as well I guess. All mobile platform browsers need better documentation. - sidhellfire, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6This solution is wrong all the way. You shouldn't make "special pages" for such browsers. Good way is the usage of the proper media types in CSS ( http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/media.html ).
- PXLated, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7More than likely it's not Safari that's destroying your CSS, it's probably just poor code. Use web standards, verify your code, and it will probably display just fine, always does for me.
- Noctem, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Or make development standards scalable to all display sizes.
Wait, what? - aphex, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I just wish there was one standard across the board for mobile devices or that all devices that view the web (mobile or otherwise) conform to these standards so I dont have to have iexplore/firefox/safari/opera/iphone/wap versions of pages to make them look correct.
- SiRwhilms, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Which really points to a need for a prevalent vector graphics solution for the web. Resolution-independent graphics are necessary but, sadly, are being cast aside. I'm pretty sure Adobe stopped offering its SVG reader not long ago.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6'UNTIL THEN' Ha! That NEVER gonna happen. Maybe a SDK would be handed to companies like Adobe or Google but not for us (the people).
- bpapa, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3HTML 4.0 (every much as a standard as XHTML - keep in mind XHTML is just a reformulation of regular ass HTML with XML syntax), as far as I know, doesn't care if attribute names are in upper or lower case.
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.2.2
"Attribute names are always case-insensitive." - sxtxixtxcxh, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3can't afford one? awww...
- darlyn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I thinks its you. Seems perfectly fine here.
- bpapa, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Pygar, your comment has nothing to do with the link. You're whining about lack of inclusion of 3rd party apps. This link is telling developers 1 - how to make their sites look good on an iPhone and 2 - make them aware of the hooks needed to have their sites integrate seamlessly with the iPhone.
- SiRwhilms, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2If we want to get picky, actually, we could note that the embed element isn't even standard as far as the W3 is concerned.
- undetected, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I like how the "&nbps;" is right on the "Unsupported Technologies". (At least on my Firefox)
- dichter, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Pretty neat, but if you develop XHTML mobile pages already there shouldn't be any "optimization" needs. i.e.:
http://mobile.yelp.com
http://m.twitter.com
both work nicely on iPhone - with no optimization.
Let's hope we're not going back to the old "Optimized for Netscape 4.7!" days please.... - Firehed, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The little bit about default scaling was helpful to me. The homepage bookmark thingy I whipped together was scaling wrong by default even though it had a page width of 480px; the page provided the fix. One line of HTML and the page started immediately scaling correctly by default on my iPhone.
For the record:
[meta name="viewport" content="width = 480" /] (since digg hates lt/gt symbols) - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2The Microsoft table can detect proximity, but then, that is a big ass table.
- SiRwhilms, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Wonderful. But there's obviously a need for them in an age where devices and screen resolutions vary. We're already encountering this with the screen resolution vs pixel depth problem that Apple and Microsoft are dealing with now in their user interfaces.
- Firehed, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yeah, the lack of hover styles is a minor irritation, but then again I don't really see how they could work unless the entire screen had a proximity detector. It was that one little pretty thing I did to my iPhone homepage for that extra something (some tabulated data with an iTunes-esque appearance, which mirrored the 'selected' effect with a :hover style). I expected as much, but grr.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Naw, you make a web page in your choice platform, then you port it to the other platforms, reconsidering the interface for each different platform. Exactly like you develop any other software.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Naw, he just wants video wallpaper on both the outer and inner screen like I have on my free LG phone.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yeah, you would think with the iPhone reliance on Safari to bring in extra content, apple would have put a place to dock favorites on the icon page.
- ToadLeg, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I am definitely amused by this. Have you seen the commercial that says "the iphone won't bring you the cell phone internet, the watered down internet, etc..." and the reason is because they want the entire internet to change how they do things so their device will be able to see it without alteration.
- MrMidi, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1iPhone Web Developer Tool
http://www.manifestinteractive.com/iphone/
This application allows you to use your iPhone for Web Developing. You can View Source, Find on Page, Outline Divs & Tables, etc. Similar to the Firefox Web Developer Extension. Simply drag bookmarks into the web browser that you have your iPhone or iPod Touch synced to and you're good to go. Works on any site.
Let me know what you think. If you have stuff you want added just let me know.
- Peter Schmalfeldt - pfranz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I thought the point of having CSS was to separate your data from presentation. In other words, have a different interface for different browsers/devices
- Casedot, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1ya but I don't think it will validate, even though it doesn't matter if they are in all caps. Semantics my friend, A != a.
- findhostcoupons, on 03/22/2009, -0/+1No doubts it will be interesting to read these tutorials!
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Posting development guidelines is not going to get around the fact that the iPhone only uses the "watered down Internet" (though Apple's ads would have you believe otherwise), by not including Flash and the ability to install 3rd party plugins for content which Apple chooses to overlook such as WMV/WMA. Any bets on how long until there's a class action lawsuit about the blatant lies in their marketing of the iPhone?
- Bamborzled, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1B1663r:
Errr, you know that videos in Flash rely on a file format called FLV, which uses a codec called Sorensen Spark (there's a choice for another codec, but I forgot its name)? It's not called Flash PLAYER for a reason. Flash is its own format, just like QuickTime, WMV, and (god forbid) RealVideo.
By the way, that Sorensen Spark codec is why the quality of all Flash videos suck so much. - jasonwea, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The page says "Use well-structured and valid HTML." yet the page fails to validate. Sloppy.
- TexanPsycho, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1All it is, is the background image is missing. Reload it and see. But, granted, there should be a white background color in case the image doesn't load.
- Kazaki, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1And what the web development community doesn't want are retards who feel it's a waste of their time to design sites that look good for mobile users and desktop users alike.
- break99, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1"Apple Posts Web Development Guidelines for iPhone"
DON'T.
ha! ha! - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2The Acid2 test is OMG BS. How many years old is it? The wild overwhelming majority of browser installations do not support it. It is no standard. Get over yourself plz.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1@Sirwhilms,
I had a problem threading to your comment, so i posted here.
There is a standard, it is called HTML3.2 - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1That is because SVG like most of the other "web standards" are dead. It has been three four years already. They are dead. Mmmmmkay?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Um... So news sites. um yeah... You could get video on the internet before Flash... but you needed codecs, and players and maybe adjust the mime type in your browser...
Um no.
We absolutely need Flash for a multimedia internet. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Then why not ignore these standsards, go with the least common denominator, and make web pages that work on free handset with service phones? Then your "standards" based web pages will work on more mobile devices, not less.
- pengas, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2This is great thanx.
I hope apple will allow us to program the interface as well, create, place and re-arrange the icons on the main interface. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1There is. HTML 3.2 works beautifully on my free with service phone.
- coreyb, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2No flash on webpages... that is *****! the internet is built around technologies like flash!
- robdazomba, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1LOL! Apparently, your CSS is not as beautiful as you think. Safari is one of the most standards-compliant browsers around. It passes the Acid2 test which Firefox and IE do not. Code to standards and your life will be happier.
- Snoz, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2Maybe Apple can make their website open properly in Firefox :|
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