Posts Tagged ‘safari’
Background notification hack for iPad and iPhone websites
Mobile browsers may look like desktop browsers, but their behavior sometimes is different and we need to understand them to provide the right user experience. In this post I’ll show you a trick to notify the user about an update while our website is on a background tab. Read the rest of this entry »
iPhone 5 and iOS 6 for HTML5 developers, a big step forward: web inspector, new APIs and more
Posted by firt in New devices and browsers on September 19th, 2012
The new main version of the Apple’s iOS is with us, along with the new iPhone 5 and the iPod Touch fifth generation. As every big change, lot of new stuff is available for HTML5 developers and -as always- no much official information is available. Read the rest of this entry »
iOS 6 Beta 1: HTML5 new APIs, Remote Debugging and native apps integration
Posted by firt in General, New devices and browsers on June 12th, 2012
In this post I’m analyzing the public information for developers behind Safari on iOS 6 and the research results on Beta 1 version of the next main version of the operating system for iPhone and iPad.
HTML5 and new features in Safari for iOS 5 beta 1
Posted by firt in General, New devices and browsers on June 10th, 2011
As you may already known, iOS 5 beta 1 was released for registered developers and there was a presentation showing some of the new features in Safari. I’ve made the usual investigation to see what’s new and I find a way to show you what’s new in HTML5.
Jailbreakme: executing native code using the browser, how it works and the security problem behind
Today, August 1st, 2010, a new website (and trending topic) appeared that allow you to jailbreak your iPhone, iPod or iPad using iOS 3.1, 3.2 or 4.0: Jailbreak Me.
The main advantage of this new jailbreak method is that the process is done entirely from the browser, Safari on iOS. Therefore, it took my attention.
How can a website, with just HTML, CSS and JavaScript can execute a code that changes the operating system? Read the rest of this entry »
