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IPhone Developer’s Guide: How To Cripple Your Apps For The IPhone

By Scott Gilbertson July 4, 2007 Categories: Mobile

Iphonedev

Another bit of iPhone news: Apple has posted a developer’s guide for those looking to build web applications optimized for the iPhone.

With a number of apps already “iPhonified,” it would seem that iPhone optimization is mainly a matter of dumbing down your web app for Safari.

Here’s a quick list of things Safari on the iPhone doesn’t support:

  • window.showModalDialog()
  • Mouse-over events
  • Hover styles
  • Tool tips
  • Java applets
  • Flash
  • Plug-in installation
  • Custom x.509 certificates

One thing Apple omits from this list is that Safari for the iPhone can’t download anything. Apparently downloading files is not part of Apple’s definition of a “full-fledged browser.”

After reading through Apple’s documentation and guidelines, I realized the killer hack for the iPhone is going to be installing Opera Mini.

Still, as the apps listed in our poll demonstrate, despite the shortcomings, it is possible to build at least semi-useful apps for the iPhone.

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