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- Optimize Content for the iPhone
Developers have been buzzing since Jobs’ announcement at WWDC to make Safari the unofficial SDK for the iPhone. Many have voiced (or screamed) their disappointment, while others have rejoiced. But despite the variety of opinions on the matter, everyone has questions about how to develop and optimize content for the iPhone.
Fortunately Apple has released a handy guide on the Developer Connection outlining some high level concepts on how to optimize content for the iPhone. Topics such as user iPhone interaction, audio and video experience, and Safari’s supported media (in case you haven’t heard, Flash Player didn’t make the cut) are covered. Here’s a few points of interest:
The finger is not a mouse
Perhaps the easiest to remember and forget. The finger doesn’t have the same precision as a mouse (which I think is painfully obvious right off the bat), and the iPhone handles it’s own special sets of events and gestures that are NOT equal to the desktop. The guide outlines all of the gestures and results as well as supported events.
Think windowless
The iPhone doesn’t have a resizable window like a desktop browser, it has a viewport which it scales content to fit. Once a user double taps on the page, Safari looks at the closest block level element (div, ol, table, etc.) and zooms to fit.
Optimize readability & images
Even though Safari automatically scales text to a “comfortable” size after a double tap, you can feed it an iPhone specific stylesheet to optimize the readability of your site or application on the iPhone. Safari also has a unique user agent string so you can track iPhone’s Safari separately from its big brother.
GIF, PNG & TIFF images can be up to 8mb. Animated GIF images can only be up to 2mb. Anything larger and Safari will only display the first frame of the animation.
Whether you’re a web developer or not, this guide is an interesting read, especially if you haven’t been able to play with an iPhone yet. But if you are, this is a must read. It was obvious to me during the 5 minutes I got to play with an iPhone in the store that web content needs to be tailored to the device. This guide should make things alot easier.
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If you’re one of the elite who rolls with an iPhone, you should really put some effort into allowing that beautiful screen to live up to its potential. For instance, try this.
Take a photo of your friends smashing their face/hands up against some glass (or have them scan their face/hands) and then apply that image as their contact photo in your iPhone. Then when they call, it’ll look like they’re trapped in your phone. Good fun!
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http://theappleblog.com/2007/07/16/fun-with-iphone-contacts-photos/#comments - TechTool Pro 4 Review: OS X Utility Suite
TechTool Pro has always been known as a big player in the community of Mac utilities, but has maintained its unique approach to combining an extremely powerful program with a very user-friendly interface.
Unfortunately for utility developers, OS X is a fairly robust system and doesn’t need a lot of monitoring or performance tweaks (in my opinion). That makes a review of a product like TechTool Pro 4 very difficult. Do you really need a product like this? Read my thought and then you decide.
Just as in previous versions, TechTool Pro 4 allows you to get your hands only as dirty as you want. The program divides its myriad of features into five sub-categories that are displayed as beautiful icons in the application’s only window.
Suites: TechTool Pro’s automated test suites are my favorite feature of this application. Suites allow you to run an automated group of tests to check a variety of components and sub-systems. If you don’t really care to drill down into the many features or individual tests, simply choose the Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced test suite and walk away.
Tests: If an automated test suite is too much for you, TechTool Pro 4 offers individual tests to check components, drives, files, etc. You can run a single test, or a number of tests simultaneously, which I absolutely love. After the tests are run, you can read the detailed report of the results, including whether or not the component has passed or failed.
One of my favorite features within TechTool Pro’s tests is the ability to press the little ‘i’ button next to each test to read a detailed description of the test. Not quite sure what the “Mathematics” test is? Neither do I, but you can read all about it with the click of a button.
Performance: This category contains features to enhance the overall speed of your computer system. However, I found this area a little lacking, again because of OS X’s ability to keep itself fairly slim and fit. Basically, you are able to perform a volume optimization and directory maintenance. Maybe I was thinking back to my PC days, but I expected some memory optimization, prioritize CPU processes, or some other technical optimization magic.
Tools: Beside great tools like Data Recovery, Volume Journaling, and Secure Wipe, TechTool Pro 4 also has the ability to create an emergency startup partition without needing to reformat. This “eDrive” gives you immediate access to your basic Mac OSX system as well as a copy of TechTool Pro to allow you to perform diagnostics and repairs. Say goodbye to bootable CD-ROMS and carrying a repair CD with you on the road.
It took me only about 3 minutes to set-up an eDrive which I was able to boot from easily by holding down the option key during boot-up.
Safety: TechTool Pro’s Safety tools provide you with a way to automatically run diagnostic and protection feature while your system is running. For example, the Protection Setup feature allows you to backup the volume structure of your hard rive, which will assist TechTool Pro with recovering lost files or volumes.
Let’s recap.
Price: $98 from micromat.com
Pros: Easy-to-use interface, varying degrees of diagnostics, fairly comprehensive reporting, clear and detailed documentation.
Cons: The high price, statistic die-hards will want even more information.
Final Word: If you are overly concerned about the status of your system and want an easy way to keep your system running like a well-oiled machine, this product is for you. Many people have proclaimed that TechTool Pro is the best utility for OS X.
If you’re like me and have never had any problems, and are performing regular backups, you may want to stick to a few high-quality freeware diagnostic tools and save the $98 for an iPhone (heaven knows you’ll need it). However, if TechTool Pro 4 was available for PC, I would buy it in a heartbeat!
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