[FX.php List] Quick tip for iPhone programmers

Wed Jul 25 14:29:50 MDT 2007

It's superb for sales forces, it can coordinate people very well
through FX.php :-)

The iPhone is very snappy is my impression, fast when it comes to navigation.

To bad there is a nazi issue with AT&T...

On 7/25/07, Dale Bengston <dbengston at preservationstudio.com> wrote:
> 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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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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