[FX.php List] Quick tip for iPhone programmers

Wed Jul 25 09:06:42 MDT 2007

That's pretty neat!

The site in question uses a hacked-together drop-down in conjunction  
with an open field. Typing letters drops down suggestions, and the  
more letters you type, the shorter the drop-down gets, like the  
classic Google Suggests model. I've since switched to using  
Scriptaculous for this kind of thing. Much better looking and much  
more robust.

I have not yet tested it on an iPhone though. I made the mistake of  
taking my 9-year-old son to the busy Apple Store on grand-opening  
day, and he did not let me get my hands on the iPhone before the next  
people in line got their turn.

Dale

On Jul 25, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> Are you aware of these drop downs?
>
> http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/
>
> ggt667
>
> On 7/25/07, Dale Bengston <dbengston at preservationstudio.com> 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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>> >
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