Comments for Breaking the Mobile Web

Comment on Background notification hack for iPad and iPhone websites by firt

firt — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:58:03 +0000

I thought about that before… but with iOS 6.1 that after the first reload you have “full power execution” there is no need as you can just start your timer and don’t reload again while in background.

Comment on Background notification hack for iPad and iPhone websites by Stoyan

Stoyan — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:55:26 +0000

Very cool. I wonder if you can use an iframe and refresh it, instead of the whole page?

Comment on Mission: Impossible – iPad mini detection for HTML5 by Kontaktannonse

Kontaktannonse — Sat, 04 May 2013 12:29:58 +0000

We wouldn’t have to be smart at all if ancient designers wouldn’t have been that stupid and using pt for font-size …
To have regards on those (imho already broken) sites is breaking sites on any coming device in future. That doesn’t make sense at all.

If cm, in and pt would be a physical unit on handheld devices everything would be fine. And that’s something devs have thought of already back in the 80ies. I think we should respect those devs – not the bad web design of the 90ies.

physical units, please. now!

Comment on iPhone 5 and iOS 6 for HTML5 developers, a big step forward: web inspector, new APIs and more by firt

firt — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:06:06 +0000

Mik, exactly; I’ve posted the same solution on my book

Comment on iPhone 5 and iOS 6 for HTML5 developers, a big step forward: web inspector, new APIs and more by Mik Muller

Mik Muller — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:28:36 +0000

Ok. I found the answer to my own question. You can download a VCAL file for calendar events, and if you want to add a contact, attach the VCARD to a VCAL. Pretty silly, really, but apparently it works.

http://mobicontact.info/iphone/download-contact-from-web-page/

Comment on Mission: Impossible – iPad mini detection for HTML5 by firt

firt — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:36:58 +0000

Sure, your eyes have the same resolution if you use iPad Mini or iPad. But everything looks 19% smaller on a Mini; on some kind of apps detecting that and applying a different font size is necessary.

Comment on Mission: Impossible – iPad mini detection for HTML5 by tecmobeto

tecmobeto — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:33:59 +0000

Have you asked yourself the question why you need to actually check if it’s an iPad Mini though ?

Comment on Mobile Emulators & Simulators: The Ultimate Guide by JoeFlash

JoeFlash — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:44:15 +0000

You might like to add the Firefox OS Simulator (browser plugin).
http://people.mozilla.com/~myk/r2d2b2g/

It’s currently a prototype but it is functional.

Comment on How to create click-to-call links for mobile browsers by JK

JK — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:31:59 +0000

my number is *133#, its not supported. I tired tel:*121%23 but doesn’t work. # is a problem i guess.

Comment on How to create click-to-call links for mobile browsers by Gaurav

Gaurav — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:27:26 +0000

Hi I am working on a call forwarding setup program and want to run a script by using a callto:*21*9711915988# its working fine and showing value on mobile dialer screen. I need to dialed that nos automatically on click instead of manually press dial button some one please tell me the solution if we want to dial automatic on click