Posts tagged IPhone
How to reduce web page download time in 4 (fairly) simple steps
Oct 1st
Web pages have generally become much more bulky in recent years. The trends for JavaScript-based functionality enhancements and the popularisation of digital photography have led to larger amounts of data being transferred (downloaded) per page and I can’t see a reversal of this happening any time soon. If you’re using a mobile device such as More >
A simple example of navigator.geolocation.watchPosition()
Apr 27th
As I mentioned in my previous post about the new/upcoming navigator.geolocation standard, I have been experimenting with Geo location on my IPhone so I thought I’d share some of that with you in case it helps anyone out. My example is very simple and is intended to show how you can use the JavaScript navigator.geolocation.watchPosition() More >
How to get an accurate Geo location from Apple IPhone using navigator.geolocation.watchPosition
Apr 27th
Anyone who’s tried using navigator.geolocation on a fixed-line (i.e. not mobile) device will know that it’s not too useful, usually at home my location is given as New York, USA when in fact I am in Oxfordshire in the UK! So, I turned to my IPhone and had a bit of a hard time at first trying to get an accurate position reading from navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(). My findings here refer to using JavaScript in Safari on Apple IPhone (IPhone 3G with OS 3.1.3 on O2′s GSM network in the UK).
IPhone home page bookmark icon creation
Mar 17th
Apple’s IPhone has a custom icon for bookmarked web-pages. In this article, i’ll show you how to create an icon of your own – it’s really easy.