[FX.php List] Quick tip for iPhone programmers

Wed Jul 25 09:09:17 MDT 2007

My client is evaluating the iPhone for its sales force. We are  
currently re-developing the site to get off v6 and onto v8/9, and  
based on their interest and excitement about how well everything  
worked with the old system, I will definitely be testing on the  
iPhone as we redevelop.

Gee, it sure would be convenient if I had one for testing... maybe my  
client will spring for it!

Yeah, right.
Dale

On Jul 25, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Bob Patin wrote:

> That's the amazing thing about it; I wrote some quick query pages  
> for some in-house databases in an evening, adjusted them for the  
> iPhone, and they were working immediately. I really do believe  
> there will be a lot of work for web app programmers such as  
> ourselves, and that part of the task for us will be to expose our  
> clients to the possibilities.
>
> Needless to say, WIFI is much better than using the EDGE network,  
> but until 3G comes along I deal with it very well; for me, I seem  
> to have a WIFI network almost everywhere that I go, which has been  
> great.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2007, at 8:17 AM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>
>> Neat trick! Thanks, Bob.
>>
>> Regarding the iPhone, Madison, Wisconsin, finally got its Apple  
>> Store two Saturdays ago. (Yeah, I know, small town. And no, it's  
>> not housed in an igloo!)
>>
>> One of my clients went to the Apple Store and used the display  
>> iPhone to access the sales web site I developed for them.  
>> Everything worked, including all the ajax, except for one hinky  
>> borrowed-code drop-down/type-ahead I never liked and need to  
>> replace anyway.
>>
>> This site was up and running for a year or two before there even  
>> was an iPhone. I'm very pleased, but I have to say it's absolutely  
>> a testament to the full-featured browser on the iPhone rather than  
>> anything I did.
>>
>> Would that all new platforms were so easy to support with de facto  
>> code.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> On Jul 25, 2007, at 1:15 AM, Bob Patin wrote:
>>
>>> If you're planning to do an iPhone web app with FX.php, I've  
>>> found a great tip that will help to make your app look more like  
>>> an application and less like a web page.
>>>
>>> On the iPhone, you can easily hide the top toolbar (the address  
>>> bar on a standard browser) by applying a tiny bit of Javascript:
>>>
>>> Write a bit of JS that adjusts the window's scroll setting, and  
>>> call it on the window load:
>>>
>>>
>>> <body onload="hideBar();">
>>>
>>> <script type="application/x-javascript">
>>> 	function hideBar(){
>>>     	window.scrollTo(0, 1);
>>> 	}
>>> </script>
>>>
>>>
>>> ...
>>> </body>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope this helps someone,
>>>
>>> Bob Patin
>>> Longterm Solutions
>>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
>>> 615-333-6858
>>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
>>>
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