iPhone, What it means for web designers February 18
Well now old news I thought that I would write a bit on my take on the iphone from a web designers perspective. As I am sure you know Apple has released the iPhone its next generation devise that they are looking to hit a home run with. So why should we as web designers care other then now we don’t have to to carry both a smart phone and an iPod around.
One of the best features it boast (in a web designers eye) is the safari based web browser. The thing that makes this a bit different from other web browsers on mobile devices is that it is a fully featured web browser and can display the pages as a whole. Now I know your probably saying well that is no good because who the heck can read it . That leads me into why it is so different. It allows the user to be able to select a region of the web page and zoom in and view just that section. the user can then pan and scan around.
So what does this mean to us as web designers. First off this does make for slightly easier development for the iphone. The main thing that this technology does which is why I am excited is that it pushes the envelope of the mobile web. By doing this I see other mobile companies following suit and delivering more rubust support for there devices and a renewed interest in high speed connection. It also brings the mobile web back to the forefront of the consumers eye.