Category: DESIGN & CODE

design and code

📅 February 15, 2010

Windows iPhone Web Simulator

It’s not perfect, but iBBDemo correctly renders Webkit targeted html including the custom -webkit CSS extenstions, effectively giving us a compelling demo/test platform for iPhone Web content from the comfort of a Windows desktop.

A few weeks ago, we talked about iPhoney – a Mac iPhone Web Simulator. Of course there is no real way to emulate the iPhone on Windows machines, but the guys at Blackbaud , released the next best thing. It’s not perfect, but iBBDemo correctly renders Webkit targeted html including the custom -webkit CSS extenstions, effectively giving us a compelling demo/test platform for iPhone Web content from the comfort of a Windows desktop.

Downside is that this simulator was tested only on Windows Vista. If you want to give it a try, you can find more info and download the app here.

📅 February 15, 2010

Adobe Afraid Of HTML5, Tries To Slow Down Adoption Via W3C Politics?

Ian ‘Hixie’ Hickson (Google) and Anne van Kesteren (Opera) were both claiming that Adobe was blocking the publication of the latest HTML5 specifications by posting a formal complaint to a members-only W3C mailing list.

We covered the HTML5 phenomenon from the beginning, iPhoneifying the subject from an Flash vs HTML5 point of view. In public, Adobe claims to “support” HTML5. On the private W3C mailing list, though, they’ve placed an objection to prevent the current spec from being published. It seems that Adobe, is that Adobe is trying to block the API spec for the canvas element. The canvas element hasn’t gotten as much attention as the video element, but clearly, 2D graphics in canvas is competitive with Flash, and it appears that Adobe’s plan is to sabotage it via W3C politics.

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📅 February 13, 2010

iPad Dj Concept

Yeah, yeah i know… pretty much everybody has something against the iPad. But give it around 6 months, and wait until it will be jailbroken and also wait to see what developers got planed for the iPad. For example, check this iPad DJ concept, take a second and think about it…

Yeah, yeah i know… pretty much everybody has something against the iPad. But give it around 6 months, and wait until it will be jailbroken and also wait to see what developers got planed for the iPad. For example, check this iPad DJ concept, take a second and think about it…

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📅 February 11, 2010

Folding Book iPhone Prototype: The Night Of Living Dead Pixels

The guys at les éditions volumiques came up with a folding book prototype that is paired to a QR code reader iPhone app that lets users follow the path of the story on the iDevices.

The guys at les éditions volumiques came up with a folding book prototype that is paired to a QR code reader iPhone app and lets users follow the path of the story on the iDevices.

I didn’t find much info about les éditions volumiques, so if any french reader think they can help, we would love to know more about their work. The rest of you enjoy 🙂

📅 February 8, 2010

OmniGraffle And Photoshop iPad UI Elements To Start Designing Your Apps

Start designing your iPad apps with this Photoshop and OmniGraffle iPad GUI elements

InformationArchitects released a first version of an OmniGraffle template for folks designing iPad apps. You can download it here, but it is not complete.Make sure you keep and eye on the site, because they plan to update it as they’re working on our own designs.

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📅 February 8, 2010

Rackspace’s iPhone Developer Talking About The iPad SDK

According to Mayo, the new iPad SDK is similar to the iPhone’s. The only difference is the new user interface features associated with the iPad because of the greater amount of screen real estate

A few days ago we took a first look at the iPad Simulator and discovered that even though the iPad lacks a cam, the interface for one is implemented in the SDK. The iPad is a device which was way too anticipated , and because of all the rumors – the endless obnoxious ubiquitous rumors – everybody was pretty much disappointed when Steve Jobs unveiled his latest creation.

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📅 February 7, 2010

iPhone Body Mods That Might Enhance Your User Experience

Human body modifications that might enhance the iPhone user experience

Just the other day,Zeke told me how he tried to mod a bluetooth head piece into a “big ass ear plug”. In case you didn’t know, Zeke is the shop manager and tattoo artist for Psycho Tattoo studios in Atlanta GA by day, and an iPhone dev and FSM editor by night.

Today, while catching up with some of my favorite site, i found on core77 a badass illustration of iPhone body mods that might enhance your iPhone user experience? Coincidence or not, this is still fun and something for your to enjoy this Sunday ( or whenever you are going to see this ) .

PS: You might want to take a look at this iPad infographic as well ….

📅 February 1, 2010

If The SDK Does Not Lie, We Are 100% Sure That The iPad Had A Cam

The highlighted line of code is running a check, as the app opens, and it is checking to see if a camera exists on a device, because (at least until now) if you tried to open a camera on a device that didn’t have one (iTouch) it would crash.

At first the SDK and iPad simulator made us believe that the iPad had a camera but it was pulled out at the last minute. Later we got hold of some picture that presented the structure of the iPad which seems to be similar to the MacBook, so basically the iPad was originally planed with a iSight-ish cam. The SDK is revealing the truth.The iPad had a camera.

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📅 January 29, 2010

DragonFireSDK: Windows iPhone App Development In C/C++

DragonFireSDK is a new tool that allows you to develop iPhone applications on Windows.Objective-C language is no longer necessary because it is based on more popular programming languages: C and C ++ using Microsoft Visual C ++.

DragonFireSDK is a new tool that allows you to develop iPhone applications on Windows.Objective-C language is no longer necessary because it is based on more popular programming languages: C and C ++ using Microsoft Visual C ++.

Your creations will be 100% compatible with the iPhone, and there will be no problems upon approval. You can send your app to Apple via DragonFireSDK’s distribution portal or just use your developer account.

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