July 2011
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
10h 14m
English
Introduction
Apple’s iPhone and iPad have turned the dream of holding “the web in the palm of your hand” into a reality — a reality that has far-reaching implications for the future of web design.
This book has been written to help guide you toward this future, by giving you
A better understanding of all the new capabilities this new mobile platform offers: Location awareness, motion sensitivity, and even varying aspect ratios
Tips on how to handle Apple’s restrictions: No Flash allowed
The Safari browsers on the iPhone and iPad support many of the newest advances in web design (such as HTML5 and CSS 3), technologies that will enable you to create cutting-edge websites and web apps. One benefit of pushing the limits as you learn to design for Safari (for the Mac iOS) is that it also prepares you well to design for most smartphones or tablets that use Android (the mobile Google operating system) and other mobile operating systems. The Mac iOS is the operating system that Apple uses on all its mobile devices, such as the iPhone, the iPad, and the iPod touch.
The debate is ongoing about creating a “native app” (one that you download from iTunes or another App Store like the Cydia App Store for Jailbroken iPhones http://cydia.saurik.com, Android Market https://market.android.com
