Laurent wrote: > I'm working on a web app project for small children, tots. I don't > want them to touch the URL or bottom bars by accident.
What age range are you targeting? You are probably right in wanting to disable the URL and bottom bars, but I'm not sure that's entirely necessary for children. I haven't seen any research on the subject, but I do have some personal experience to share. My son was 3 when I first got the iPhone and I was amazed at how quickly he took to it. Everyone is amazed at how quickly kids take to computers (compared to adults) but even for the same kid, I could see a big difference in his interaction with the computer (via the mouse) and the iPhone (direct touch) Kids have small fingers and sharp eyes and to them the small screen doesn't seem so small. I'm wondering if anyone has done any research and come up with any general results or guidelines for UI for small children on the iPhone. > Is there any > way of hiding them temporarily (there's a way to scroll the URL bar > out, I see - and a metatag using WebKit that disposes of all bars > except status, which can't be changed). > As far as I know the scrolling technique (e.g. as used by iUI) is the only way of 'temporarily' hiding the URL bar. Apple's docs for using metatags to hide URL bar and change the status bar are here: http://developer.apple.com/safari/library/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/ConfiguringWebApplications/ConfiguringWebApplications.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002051-CH3 The only downside to using the metatags is that you must add the app to the home screen using the "+" button and launch it from the home screen. I'm assuming an adult could do this in advance before giving the phone to the child. -- Sean --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
