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Written by David Kaneda, Creative Director at Ext JS. Submissions welcome.

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    Posts tagged with “iphone” :

    Implementing HTML5 Video on the iPhone

    Jonathan Stark outlines some quick notes about implementing HTML5 video on the iPhone:

    • Poster image is only displayed until the video is loaded.
    • True/false attributes do not require values.
    • Video can be played (and heard) even when not visible.
      i.e. video { display: none }
    • The autoplay attribute is ignored on iPhone.
      i.e. will not autoplay no matter what
    • The controls attribute is ignored on iPhone.
      i.e. controls are visible no matter what
    • The remote file is downloaded whether or not the user clicks play.
    • You can interact with the DOM while iPhone video player is open.
    • You can make a video autoplay on iPhone by navigating directly to the video url. However, this is useless within the context of an Ajax app because it spawns a browser window.
    2/16 11:05am · 16 notes html5videoresourceiphone

    Web Development for the iPhone: HTML, CSS & JS Support

    A very comprehensive list of selectors, CSS3 features, and HTML5 elements featured on the iPhone.
    2/8 10:06am · 17 notes csscss3htmlhtml5iphonesafarimobile
    “Apparently, the touchstart event object persists in browser memory even when the event has long ended. More importantly, it continues to be updated with information about the current touch action.”
    PPK details a discovery that could have a huge impact for mobile web app performance.
    2/8 9:05am · 2 notes iphonesafaritouch
    “There are fantastic web applications on the iPhone. I use Gmail and Google Reader as a Web app, for example. The browser is good, but I have written many times … about how I wished that Apple let me go the extra mile and access more from the Web side of things.”
    Dion Almaer, of Ajaxian fame, provides his own response to PPK, citing APIs and discoverability as the primary benefits of going native over web. It surprises me that most of these articles do not dive into PhoneGap—a great bridge for iPhone web apps which gives developers access to native APIs (via Javascript) and allows them to publish to the app store.
    12/16 8:14am · 1 notes iphoneapp

    iPhone Developers Aren't Stupid, PPK

    Faruk Ateş discusses PPK’s article on native-vs-web iPhone development, with some thoughts about development frameworks and App Store benefits.
    12/16 7:14am · 1 notes iphoneui
    “‘Good enough’ is not good enough on the iPhone.”
    John Gruber counters Peter-Paul Koch’s recent article regarding the viability of commercial web apps on the iPhone.
    12/16 6:06am · 1 notes iphonesafariwebapp

    Apple is not evil. iPhone developers are stupid.

    With this post, about two weeks old at this point, PPK has started a landslide of native-vs-web debate. I’ll be posting some of the most notable responses today, though PPK has already done a great job of recapping the counter-arguments and summarizing his viewpoint.
    12/16 5:04am · 1 notes iphoneuimobile

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