[thelist] iPhone (browser) detection

Mark Groen evolt at markgroen.com
Sun Sep 28 09:06:16 CDT 2008


On Sunday 28 September 2008 00:19:36 Erika wrote:
> Say I want to build an optimized site for iPhone. I figure there are
> three ways to do that:
>
> 1. don't bother w/ detecting iPhone and just KISS

Hmmm...

> 2. detect iPhone with CSS and hook it up with an iPhone-optimized
> stylesheet

Apple recommends using Object Detection:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/CreatingContentforSafarioniPhone/chapter_2_section_3.html

> 3. detect iPhone with JavaScript (or whatever script) and send it to an
> optimized HTML page

Use the viewport meta tag, there is some built in scaling of web pages on the 
iPhone too:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/UsingtheViewport/chapter_4_section_5.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006509-SW26
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cheers,

	Mark
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