The madness of screens vs. browsers on the mobile web

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

This evening as I was doing some research on mobile web development, I got myself on a tear about the wild differences we face as web developers regarding screen sizes and default browser installations, and came up with this: MakeModelResolutionDefault Browser Engine* AmazonKindle600 x 800NetFront AppleiPhone480 x 320WebKit AppleiPod Touch480 x 320WebKit BenQM315128 x 128Opera HTCG1320 ...

iPhone and mouse events

Friday, August 1st, 2008

PPK has written his impressions regarding his shiny brand-new Jesusphone. (I wonder did he get black or white?) In his post, he tells us the initial reports for the behavior of mobile Safari with regards to things like documentation (missing), mouse event implications (game changing), and how the disjunct state ...

Intonation

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Over at the Peabody Double Bass blog I just noticed this excellent post on a technique to practice good intonation. This is like the double bassist's version of Twister, and I bet would make an entertaining drinking game! :-D Seriously though, it looks very helpful and I highly recommend giving ...

Rebate

Friday, September 14th, 2007

This is how all rebates should work. Confirm ownership over the web rather than cutting and pasting and mailing in a bunch of junk that would take six months to get denied. Thanks for the store credit dudes. Update: All may not be entirely well in rebate-land for some.

An iPhone Story

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Last Sunday I purchased an iPhone. This was not my plan, but a couple of things came up to prompt this move. This thing is incredible for the most part, but with only one complaint: The Purchase First of all, my expectation was that I'd wait until a second generation release came ...