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If you want to make a custom icon for your website that will show up in the Springboard when a user makes a “webclip”, using their iPhone or iPod Touch, all you need to do is:
1. Create a 57×57 pixel PNG image
2. Name the image “apple-touch-icon.png”
3. Copy it to the root folder of your website
13 Jan
Apple has put up some sample code that shows off the new window.onorientationchange and window.orientation ability that lets you detect the orientation of the iPhone.
There are a couple of templates available for creating web based apps for the iPhone.
Joe Hewitt has created an excellent combination of JavaScript and CSS code that turns standards-based HTML lists into pages that act just like the iPod function on the iPhone — sliding, navigable menus. To see just how well this template works, you can load this page on your iPhone or in the Safari browser on your MAC or PC:
8 Jan
As we await the launch for the official software development kit (SDK) for the iPhone, the unofficial application development community continues to thrive. In addition to the continuing surge of new third-party applications available through Installer, the community continues to make headway with regard to more accessible development tools.
iPhoneTester is an online iPhone simulator to test your iPhone specific web applications. The beauty of this is that you can test in any browser, although they do suggest you use the Safari browser (which makes sense).
Platforms: Any, but best viewed with Apple’s Safari browser
Link: iPhoneTester