I see no difference between Mac and Windows if you are devving a webapp. Just resize your Safari window to the minimum width or make it about iPhone sized. Then use it's debugger (which gives you the same errors as an iPhone would). Bottom line: don't switch.
Alex Zylka http://www.alexzylka.com/ http://www.zylka.us/ On Oct 5, 2010, at 2:51 PM, DaveInATL <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been developing an iPhone web app on a Windows XP box using > MobiOne Test Center and Safari for testing and debugging and > occasionally using a real iPhone for testing. The problem is that > MobiOne, Safari (desktop), and the iPhone all produce different > errors. Obviously I am most concerned with the errors that occur on > the iPhone, since that is the target device. (An example of the type > of error encountered is that an image that ordinarily appears as > expected occasionally cannot be displayed, so the little question-mark > icon appears instead.) > > I have the opportunity to obtain a Mac for development, but I need to > know whether using a Mac will make a difference. > > Have any of you moved to the Mac for developing or just testing a web- > only iPhone app? > Is doing so worthwhile? > Why? > Does the iPhone simulator in the SDK simulate an iPhone better than > Safari on the Windows desktop? > Is there a reason I would need a paid subscription to the Apple iOS > Developer Program? > > Thanks! > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
