Josh, Very valid points. Thanks, Michael.
On May 20, 10:09 pm, Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, its not about weather you can (or would want) IE on an iPhone.. > Its more about if you have an app that is simple enough that the > iPhone UI would be just fine (even great) for use on a desktop web > browser. Then you save yourself the effort of re-implementing your > UI.. Not to mention use on other mobile devices. After all we are > makeing webapps that just happen to be optimized for the iphone (more > so for some than others), but there is no reason to limit support > unless you have to for needed or value-add functionality.(IMHO) > > Josh > > On May 20, 10:22 am, wuf810 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am I missing something here...even if these frameworks support IE/ > > Opera, will these browser ever be available on the iPhone? Is it > > possible to load using a "jailbroken" iPhone? > > > Even if yes would it not then be an issue that these browser won't > > support all the additional apple tags/css such as transitions, curved > > field boxes etc? > > > M. > > > On May 20, 3:08 pm, Chrilith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Should work on IE with tweaks. At the begining of the development it > > > was, but as the code grown I was facing a problem with unimplemented > > > function in IE and > > > I didn't want to make the code bigger implementing missing stuff. > > > > But if you take a look at my TODO list, IE and Opera support is > > > listed ;) > > > > On May 20, 3:34 pm, Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Just out of curiosity, what is the provailing reason for not > > > > supporting all browsers with these frameworks? I played with > > > > Webapp.net and liked it in firefox and my iphone but it didn't run in > > > > IE at all... I have been running an iphone app called PassVault since > > > > early July of 07 and its about time for a refactoring.. I want to move > > > > more towards a native iphone look but not at the cost of supporting > > > > any browser. > > > > > If there is a specific technical reason the thats cool, if there isn't > > > > then maybe I'll just grab the sample and get it working in IE.. > > > > > Thanks > > > > Joshhttps://passvault.ktomics.net > > > > > On May 20, 2:55 am, Chrilith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Nice, if you have any question, feel free to ask. > > > > > > On May 20, 2:03 am, wuf810 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Just had a look at WAn and must say I'm impressed. Very small > > > > > > footprint - probably more suitable to Edge than the Dashcode > > > > > > generated > > > > > > files.... > > > > > > > I will have a go rewriting one of my apps with WAn and let you know > > > > > > how it compares to Dashcode... > > > > > > > On May 19, 10:35 pm, wuf810 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I prefer Dashcode if I'm honest. I'm hoping we will see further > > > > > > > development with each new SDK release....currently missing for me > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > the On/Off button, inclusion of fullscreen meta tag, activity > > > > > > > indicator built in to browser mode and few other things. > > > > > > > > However for the moment Dashcode provides a good and extendible > > > > > > > template for iPhone web apps.... > > > > > > > > Regards, Michael > > > > > > > > On May 16, 6:37 pm, Edwin Meijer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Not sure how many folks have tried both Dashcode that comes > > > > > > > > with the > > > > > > > > new iPhone SDK and iUI or WAn... I have used Dashcode... you can > > > > > > > > create a pretty slick app using Dashcode that look like the > > > > > > > > native > > > > > > > > apps (including left-to-right transitions, > > > > > > > > flip-backside-on-top, etc). > > > > > > > > The dashcode javascript libraries are not scrambled and it's > > > > > > > > not too > > > > > > > > hard to extend the javascript code if you find something > > > > > > > > missing in > > > > > > > > their functionality... > > > > > > > > > However, today, it only runs in the Simulator.... when you > > > > > > > > deploy it > > > > > > > > and try to run it on a real iPhone, you will find the smooth > > > > > > > > left-to- > > > > > > > > right transitions and many of the other whistle-bells (e.g. > > > > > > > > auto-hide > > > > > > > > of address-bar and navigation bar) are not working yet... you > > > > > > > > will > > > > > > > > need the 2.0 firmware for that. > > > > > > > > > I am tempted to rewrite my webapp using WAn, so I can get the > > > > > > > > functionality working on a real iPhone and because I am not a > > > > > > > > big fan > > > > > > > > of having to use Dashcode for doing my development (e.g. there > > > > > > > > is no > > > > > > > > SVN support, etc in the tool)... > > > > > > > > > I realize the Objective-C SDK is getting the most attention and > > > > > > > > Apple > > > > > > > > will put most of their efforts there, but what is the future of > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > iUI and WAn frameworks, assuming that Apple will continue to > > > > > > > > support > > > > > > > > web app development for the iPhone as a first-class-citizen and > > > > > > > > continue to add more integration support (e.g. javascript > > > > > > > > library for > > > > > > > > GPS, address-book, etc.)... ? > > > > > > > > > Edwin- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. 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