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iPhone 101: Add mobile websites to home screen
Many websites and services offer great mobile versions without being packaged in an App Store application. If you want to be able to quickly access these sites from your home screen, follow these steps:- Launch Safari on your iPhone
- Browse to a desired mobile site (most sites will automatically redirect you to the mobile version once they determine that you're using an iPhone)
- Click the Favorites (+) button at the bottom of Safari
- Click "Add to Home Screen"
- Type a name for the icon that will appear on your home screen
- Click the "Add" button
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Mel said 10:10AM on 12-19-2008
Seriously?
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BEN ENGLISCH said 10:21AM on 12-19-2008
HOW DO I SHOT 'CHANGE THE ICON' ??
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emil said 11:35AM on 12-19-2008
If you don't like the icon the site you are bookmarking has, you can make your own here:
http://webclipicons.info/
grpace said 10:28AM on 12-19-2008
Unnecessary Post. Common TUAW if were reading your blog we all should know how to do this.
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brian said 6:05PM on 12-19-2008
"Common TUAW if were reading your blog..."
-- sent from an iPhone I hope. :-)
Jon said 10:40AM on 12-19-2008
I agree with the above posts.
This is about as simple as it gets. TUAW readers are probably not your average consumers and probably don't need help with something this simple.
How about a tip showing us how to get live TV or something a little more obscure?
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Todd Ritter said 10:45AM on 12-19-2008
The iPhone 101 category is for basic tips (hence the "101") that many iPhone users may not know (or others may have forgotten). If you are familiar with the tip, feel free to check out other TUAW articles.
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Frankfurter said 11:25AM on 12-19-2008
Zing!!!!!
Jon said 1:52PM on 12-19-2008
There's a cop-out excuse for a lazy article if ever I saw one...basic is one thing, tips for a retard is another.
Tech illiterate people do not even know what the hell a "tuaw" is...I doubt they are coming here looking for a tip on how to find the screen on their iphone.
Time to step up your game Ritter!!
lol
Todd Ritter said 2:12PM on 12-19-2008
Jon I'm sure no one will be offended by your first sentence. Many readers come to our site via search engines and sometimes only look at one or two articles
We'd be happy to entertain your article suggestions via http://www.tuaw.com/tips
Thanks for reading.
Jon said 2:33PM on 12-19-2008
I'm quite ok with people being offended. There's enough politically correct people out there, I'm sure the world can handle a few that are not.
Anyway, keep up the good work!
Ryan Schmidt said 11:03AM on 12-19-2008
Slow news day as TUAW mourns the loss of Apple at Macworld.
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dan said 11:43AM on 12-19-2008
c'mon give the guy a break. i for one am looking forward to the next article on how to scroll across to the next page of icons
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scott said 12:33PM on 12-19-2008
simple yes. on the flip side though-
to make your own icon for your site:
with the favicon - in the header:
image size should be 57 x57 px
not all sites do this yet for some reason.
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dorian said 12:35PM on 12-19-2008
WOW, really? I've NEVER heard of this feature .
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scott said 12:42PM on 12-19-2008
WOW, Glad this could HELP then.
scott said 12:35PM on 12-19-2008
it took out:
link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="icon.png"
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Phil said 12:46PM on 12-19-2008
To go to the previous web page in Safari:
1. Press the back button.
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iPhone 101: Read the manual. It's TUAW story time!
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badtzmaru said 1:42PM on 12-19-2008
As a DC resident I know the metro WMATA site leaves a lot to be desired. The other day it wouldn't even load up on the iPhone.
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cs said 2:30PM on 12-19-2008
seriously, if an article isn't worth your time reading, why are you wasting your time commenting on it?
i, for one, wasn't aware of this feature and was glad tuaw brought it to my attention. sure, i would have figured it out on my own eventually since it is pretty basic, but that doesn't mean i don't appreciate the tip saving me some time. so, do i not belong on this website? should i never visit this place again because i'm a "retard, tech illiterate"?
stop acting like the elitist prigs everyone already perceives apple fanboys to be.
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