Mobile Arts II

Developing a web-app for the iPhone/Android, etc, can be a tricky task. I have spent some time researching the best practices and appropriate features for Sundrumarts.com. The major problem revolves around getting the iPhone Safari menu bars to disappear, both completley and consistently. After much scouting around and playing around, I have found that there currently maybe no way to currently do this in a ultimately transparent manner.

There are various approaches to this problem, many of them javascript or javascript frameworks. The best example I have found is by developing the web app via Apple's own X Code tool, Dashcode. Although I have yet to retrofit this to my own site, the second-best I've found is created by using a javascript that appears to work close to acceptable when initially viewed, and damn near flawlessly when bookmarked to the homepage. It is an odd condition, one I am still trying to work around.

There is the possibility that Apple will update this with next roll-out of the iPhone software this summer. I was able to view the site on a non-Apple device, Android (not sure manufacturer), and it faired well. Good javascript and CSS support (it appeared). I hope to post a variety of links related to this, what I came across, what I used, and what worked and what didn't.