Tag: MOBILESAFARI

Yesterday's rather shocking finding that the Nexus S loads Web pages 52% faster than the iPhone 4 has turned out to be a sham. Apple has lashed out at Blaze Software, the company behind the test, saying: "Their testing is flawed. They didn't actually test the Safari browser on the iPhone. Instead they only tested their own proprietary app, which uses an embedded Web viewer that doesn't ...

Multi-tasking wasn't the only thing that got rolled out to the iPad in iOS 4.2, Safari also got an under the radar update. Mobile Safari now has improved HTML5 support with greater W3C future standards compliance, including WebSockets, improved SVG support and better JavaScript data-type implementation. On the whole that means better support for advanced Web-based systems and apps, but that's not ...

Google has recently pushed out some updates to its HTML5-powered Gmail Web app for iOS, which blur the lines between Web and native apps even more. The first improvement is speedier scrolling; it now matches the pace with which you flick your finger. It's a nice touch that makes it easier to get through long lists or bloated emails. Scrolling speed is backed up with persistent tool bars, rather ...

One of the biggest complaints about the iPhone (something other mobile users cite to prove the superiority of their own operating systems) is the lack of copy and paste. Well, there's now a workaround available, and it's not from Apple. Pastebud shows off one possible method of implementing copy and paste in the iPhone environment. It uses a combination of bookmarklets and email to copy the text ...

If you don't know anything about the iPhone, the MobileSafari browser, or web design in general, creating an iPhone version of your website can be daunting. Intersquash.com makes it easy. Just put in the address of your site's RSS feed, give it a name, and click iPhoneize. If you want, upload an icon. That's all you have to do: Intersquash gives you a little bit of code to paste into the body of ...

Apple's decision to keep 3rd party apps locked out of the iPhone (for now) is still disappointing both users and developers alike, but that doesn't mean we can't get some actual functionality out of some truly unique web apps. For this week's brief Mobile Minute, I'm going to highlight some web apps, utilities and bookmarklets designed specifically for the iPhone that are rising above the rest. ...

Get ready to fire up your bookmarks ladies and gents, cuz digg just joined the ranks of the iPhone-friendly. On the digg blog this afternoon, Kevin Rose announced that digg.com/iphone has gone live, offering access to some of the site's key features in a slick, iPhone-ized package that runs great on mobile Safari. Users can of course log in and digg, and mini-permalinks as well as top 5 comments ...