[backstage] iFiddlingDetails

2007-07-04 Thread Frank Wales
Meanwhile, in actual news, Apple have published just how close they got to making developing for the iPhone just like web development: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/designingcontent.html Apart from the usual mobile device constraints of display size, input devices and network speed, I see

Re: [backstage] iFiddlingDetails

2007-07-04 Thread Frank Wales
Brian Butterworth wrote: + no Flash No bad thing that! Lots of sites use it, whether it's liked or not. I suspect this will be the first item on the list to change, once Adobe accede to whatever comedy business terms Jobs is suggesting to them, according to sources in my imagination.

Re: [backstage] iFiddlingDetails

2007-07-04 Thread Mr I Forrester
Is it just me but wouldn't this be the perfect device for a SVG interface? Oh well, what a waste... Frank Wales wrote: Meanwhile, in actual news, Apple have published just how close they got to making developing for the iPhone just like web development:

Re: [backstage] iFiddlingDetails

2007-07-04 Thread Richard Smedley
On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 18:30 +0100, Frank Wales wrote: + no mouse-over events There's no mouse! Many AJAXy sites use hovering or mouse-overs to disclose extra options, previews or menus that don't seem available otherwise, so this will potentially break many trendy sites. Not only

Re: [backstage] iFiddlingDetails

2007-07-04 Thread Dom Ramsey
On 4 Jul 2007, at 19:45, Richard Smedley wrote: On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 18:30 +0100, Frank Wales wrote: + no mouse-over events There's no mouse! Many AJAXy sites use hovering or mouse-overs to disclose extra options, previews or menus that don't seem available otherwise, so this will

Re: [backstage] iFiddlingDetails

2007-07-04 Thread Richard Smedley
Hello Dom, On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 21:27 +0100, Dom Ramsey wrote: Many AJAXy sites use hovering or mouse-overs to disclose extra options, previews or menus that don't seem available otherwise, so this will potentially break many trendy sites. Not only is such discriminatory behaviour

Re: [backstage] iFiddlingDetails

2007-07-04 Thread Gordon Joly
+ no file uploading (input type='file') Not really suprising on a closed device. So I can take photos, but can't upload them to Flickr? Use email? :-) Gordo -- Think Feynman/ http://pobox.com/~gordo/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]/// - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion

Re: [backstage] iFiddlingDetails

2007-07-04 Thread Frank Wales
On 07/04/2007 10:22 PM, Gordon Joly wrote: So I can take photos, but can't upload them to Flickr? Use email? :-) If I wanted to use e-mail for everything, I'd move back to 1992. (I suspect my ping times to flickr.com would become excessive, though.) Besides, Apple loudly proclaim that the