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iOS 5 Overview

seangw — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:41:10 +0000

Video covers: Setup OTA (Over the Air) updates iCloud Bckups Wi-Fi Sync Notification Center Camera/Photo updates Twitter iMessage Safari Gestures Keyboard split (iPad only) Newsstand Reminders iOS 5 Overview is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

iOS 5 Overview is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Google Drops Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, Safari 3 Support

seangw — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:39:22 +0000

Happy to hear, Google has announced that as of August 1 (2011), they will no longer support: Firefox 3.5 Internet Explorer 7 Safari 3 This means that new functionality (which will probably roll out sometime this summer) may not work perfectly in those browsers. It’s a nice move as those browsers are getting old, and [...]

Google Drops Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, Safari 3 Support is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Apple Releases iOS 4.3, Safari 5.0.4

seangw — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:41:57 +0000

Apple released iOS 4.3 today (except for Verizon iPhone users … grr) Updates include: Personal Hotspot iTunes Home Sharing Airplay Updates (more interoperability between devices) Faster Safari (and also released a 5.0.4 for desktop users) – featuring the Apple Nitro Javascript engine — some results are up to 50% faster! HD Video out with the [...]

Apple Releases iOS 4.3, Safari 5.0.4 is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Brower Market Share: Chrome at 10.7%, IE 6 at 12.03% – Companies upgrading from IE6

seangw — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:00:59 +0000

ConceivablyTech has done a good job summarizing the data from NetMarketShare. From The Third Double-Digit Browser: Chrome Blasts Past 10%: Google’s Chrome had another successful month and ended 2010 with 10.70% market share, according to Net Applications and almost 16% according to StatCounter. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer continued to lose market share on a fast pace [...]

Brower Market Share: Chrome at 10.7%, IE 6 at 12.03% – Companies upgrading from IE6 is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

HTML5 – Showcase and Experiments (Apple and Google)

seangw — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:55:36 +0000

Apple released their HTML5 Showcase a month or so ago. It was cool, but the showcase required Safari to view it (not sure if this is a technical limitation, or just marketing making the decision). I just saw the Google equivalent, Chrome Experiments: Not your mother’s JavaScript … and it’s damn cool. Most of these [...]

HTML5 – Showcase and Experiments (Apple and Google) is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Web Developers: How to develop for iPhone / iPad / iPod Mobile Safari

seangw — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:16:52 +0000

In short, don’t. It’s an uphill fight. There are a few obstacles in developing for the iPhone / iPad I thought I’d post while it was on my mind: How can I test my “mobile” site? How can I see errors on my iPhone? Why is the iPad and iPhone different? Basically Apple has decided [...]

Web Developers: How to develop for iPhone / iPad / iPod Mobile Safari is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Safari 5 Released for Mac and PC

seangw — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:04:39 +0000

Apple issued a press release following the WWDC announcing Safari 5: SAN FRANCISCO—June 7, 2010—Apple® today released Safari® 5, the latest version of the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser, featuring the new Safari Reader for reading articles on the web without distraction, a 30 percent performance increase over Safari 4,* and the ability [...]

Safari 5 Released for Mac and PC is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Flowplayer: Control bar won’t reappear after Fullscreen and the Fix

seangw — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:52:14 +0000

Was just working with a strange bug in Flowplayer — after going full screen, the Control bar wouldn’t return on certain computers (seems to have been prevalent in certain versions of Safari 4.0.4, maybe Chrome). The Problem The example I was working on was using Flowplayer with a Flash control bar (all customized). The control [...]

Flowplayer: Control bar won’t reappear after Fullscreen and the Fix is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Opera Mini App approve by the Apple App Store

seangw — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:01:27 +0000

We can all surf the web on our iPhones in a browser other than Safari, please welcome the new Opera Mini App. Opera Mini App approved for the App Store, I didn’t think it would happen but it did. Apple let some slight competition through the filter. It is very fast. The biggest issue for [...]

Opera Mini App approve by the Apple App Store is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Help: IE7 won’t load my JSON but IE8 will – Using a JSON Validator

seangw — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:20:16 +0000

I just ran into this issue, and found surprisingly little documentation. My JSON request wasn’t returning. I was using the jQuery “getJSON” method to send the request out. Nothing was coming back. Here’s the code, pretty basic stuff: [javascript] $.getJSON(strSource, function(json){ // handle JSON here alert(json.data) } [/javascript] The code worked perfectly in Chrome, Safari, [...]

Help: IE7 won’t load my JSON but IE8 will – Using a JSON Validator is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog