Bottom line: Switch to the device! (see my answer to Sean's post). Sure - you can use a common Windows or Linux or whatever machine to develop your web-app, but you can't test it reliably there. And your development is worth nothing with a thoroughful test.
a. On 05.10.10 22:43, "Alex Zylka" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
