For sure, testing on a real device is the best to do ! But you should have a pretty lot of money to buy yourself an iPhone, and Android phone, a blackberry, a Palm Pre, a Bada, ...
:) On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 00:18, Andy Fuchs <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
