Ian, Thanks for the info. This shows that the issue is more with the port of Safari or the iPhone/Touch/iPad OS or even a combination of the two.
There is an interesting article on Gizmodo titled "Understanding the iPad's Software" Here is a portion that talks about Safari: "Safari's one place where the iPad's memory shortage makes itself apparent, since you're limited to nine windows, and quite often, it dumps the contents of a window, so when you go back you'll have to reload the whole page. That's pretty annoying. This is also, I suspect, why it doesn't have true tabs: People aren't encouraged to open a bunch, because it can't handle it. Still, tabs would be incredibly welcome for the sheer fact that the iPhone-originated process of switching between windows (click the button, you're taken to a thumbnail view of your windows, then click the window) feels more tedious than ever. With this nice big display, it shouldn't take two screens and multiple seconds to switch to a new window when everything else practically flies." The complete article can be found at http://gizmodo.com/5510655/understanding-the-ipads-software Dave ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ian Trimnell Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT:Kinetic apps and some iPad fun ** On 07/04/2010 01:37, Shellman, David wrote: ** Hmmm. Safari is a supported browser. The iPad is using a variant of the iPhone/Touch OS. Mostly soon to be the same version. Has anyone been able to connect to MidTier using the Safari browser on an iPhone or Touch? If so then the issue may reside with the Safari port for the iPad which hopefully would be corrected with the next patch? Dave The problems that John experienced with the iPad are exactly the same as those I experienced with the iPhone. I should therefore assume that the Safari browser on the iPad is the same as that on the iPhone - you just see a larger web page :-) I have done a few workarounds on forms that I wanted to use on the iPhone. For example, on a table I have added a button to each row allowing users to select a row (we are using ARS 7.5). I am unsure what it is that the iPhone/iPad Safari is missing to stop the Mid-Tier working properly. It would be extremely useful to know whether this is something that BMC is looking into but I can't imaging that it is high on their list of priorities. Ian ________________________________ Ian Trimnell, AR System Lead Developer (amongst other jobs), Specialist Support & Development, Training & Support Services, Academic & Administrative Computing Service Open University, MILTON KEYNES, UK Phone: 01908 653741 web: http://www.open.ac.uk/ The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
