Archive for May 8th, 2008

08
May

WebApp.Net: iPhone Micro Framework

Freshly released today for all you iPhone-friendly web designers out there: Webapp.net, a micro-framework to let you quickly make iPhone-styled pages. Check out the demo here, or its first professional deployment at the iPhone version of Boursier.com the French investment website. Here’s the announced feature list:

  • Automatically handled navigation and header title
  • Compatibility with browser navigation buttons
  • Easy to use and fully integrated AJAX technology usable also with forms
  • Easy quicktime media integration
  • Custom form elements (toggle button, …)
  • Custom events to catch slide effect, rotation, AJAX errors, etc…
  • Ready to use advanced CSS for common iPhone/iPod Touch elements
  • Per layer bookmarks (see advanced features)
  • Search engine compliance (see advanced features)
  • Desktop version of Safari and Firefox compatibility for easy debugging
  • h/t: safari-iphone-web-dev!

    08
    May

    Floodgates are open!

    Well, today seems to be a particularly big day in iPhone SDK land; my renowned Impeccable Sources™ tell me that no less than four (and counting!) independent developers in Vancouver all got their program acceptances today.

    Are the floodgates open across the entire world for the rest of you Dear Readers as well, or is today specifically “be kind to Vancouver” day at Apple HQ?