One of my pet hates (there are many), is being presented with the incorrect keyboard, or having auto capitalisation forced upon me, when entering information into web forms on my iPhone or iPad. This is something that’s very easy to control and can be done so with a little sprinkle of HTML5. You don’t even have to worry about old browsers - I’ve tested this to work perfectly well even in IE6.
When viewing websites on the iPhone it will auto adjust font sizes at will to improve readability - this can be especially useful when switching from landscape to portrait, for example.
However, on certain web layouts this can cause problems and may result in an undesired layout.
To prevent this, simply add the following to any element in your CSS:
-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;
Safari will now no longer auto adjust the font size.
If, like many, you’re finding your old iPhone 3G a bit sluggish, here’s a handy tip from @philipzaengle and @johnwilliams713... turn off Spotlight Search (providing you don’t use it, of course). Here’s how:
Settings » General » Spotlight Search » Turn off all items.
You should notice a sigificant increase in how responsive the phone is.
Something worth remembering when signing off the finishing touches to a website is to create the Apple Touch Icon. This is the icon that shows on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad home screen if you chose that option when bookmarking a website.
Up until now I’ve always created these as a 59x59px PNG (named “apple-touch-icon.png” and placed in the web root), however on the iPhone 4 and to a certain extent the iPad, these always looked fuzzy and low res.
The fix is quite simple - create the same file at 129x129px and Bob’s your uncle!
This made me laugh.
Newsweek’s take on Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference, and John Gruber’s response.
From CNN:
77% of iPhone owners say they’ll buy another iPhone, compared to 20% of Android customers who say they’ll buy another Android phone.
As reported via Daring Fireball, I’m not entire sure how accurate that figure is, nor what demographic was tested to come up with those figures. It does however mirror my own feelings on the subject.
From Tumbled Logic:
And so we’re beginning to arrive at a situation where Flash authors are, for the first time, confronted with a situation where Flash isn’t in a position of unanimous support: the proportion of users without Flash support is growing, and it’s growing quite quickly. From a business perspective, there is a tipping point at which you have to make a decision, based on the numbers.
Well worth a read.