Mobilesafari Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Will iOS 5's Safari deliver better support for web editors?

by Michael Rose (Jun 8th, 2011)

One of the long-standing frustrations for anyone who's tried to edit blog posts or web documents using Mobile Safari is the absence of support for the HTML5 contentEditable attribute. The attribute, which began as an Internet Explorer 5.5 feature and later found its way into most modern browsers, ...

Amazon Cloud Player now streams music on the iPhone and iPad

by Samuel Gibbs (May 9th, 2011)

We're not sure how long this has been possible, but at launch, Amazon's Cloud Player refused to stream songs from your Cloud Drive in Mobile Safari, with the only alternative being selecting 'Download' instead of play. Now Amazon has quietly flicked the switch that allows Cloud Player to work ...

How to: Listen to your Amazon Cloud Player music on your iOS device

by Erica Sadun (Mar 30th, 2011)

[H/t to Mashable's Christina Warren, who wrote this up yesterday. We independently arrived at the same place and had not seen Christina's writeup. - Ed.] Have you signed up for Amazon Cloud? It's a newly launched service that offers 5 GB of free online cloud storage and affordable paid plans up ...

Mobile Safari's privacy settings give web marketers headaches

by Chris Ward (Mar 19th, 2011)

Those who make their money by working out who sent you to visit which websites via what adverts are scratching their heads and popping the Advil over what to do about Mobile Safari, which automatically blocks third-party cookies by default. This makes it difficult for ad servers, tracking ...

iOS Safari receiving Google Instant Previews support

by David Quilty (Jan 31st, 2011)

Formerly only for desktop browser searches, 9 to 5 Mac is reporting that Google "Instant Previews" is being rolled out for mobile Safari users as well. This new service allows iOS Safari users to get a quick visual preview of sites within their search results without having to actually click ...

360 Panorama: view augmented reality panoramas in Mobile Safari

by Steven Sande (Dec 21st, 2010)

We've talked about 360 Panorama before -- it's a cool app that lets you capture 360° panoramic photos in real time by just moving your iPhone around in a circle. The $0.99 app (available here) has been out for a while, but keeps receiving amazing updates that improve its functionality and wow ...

iPhone URL display poses potential security threat

by Dave Caolo (Nov 30th, 2010)

Security research specialist Nitesh Dhanjani has demonstrated how mobile Safari's ability to hide a web page's URL can be used to trick users. Specifically, his proof-of-concept site shows a "fake" URL filed once the real one has been hidden, preventing users from realizing that they're not looking ...

Google Instant beta now available on iOS devices

by Mike Schramm (Nov 4th, 2010)

[Changed screenshot to reflect Instant UI, sorry for the mixup. –Ed.] Google's Instant search service is now up and running on its mobile sites as well -- when you hit up google.com on your iPhone or iPad's Mobile Safari browser, you'll see search results appear as you type your query in. You ...

Facebook disabled iPad mobile Safari zooming?

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 22nd, 2010)

I noticed it first a few days ago. Then people started emailing me about it. Now it's gaining increased mention on Twitter and the rest of the net: when you go to Facebook.com on your iPad you can no longer use the pinch and zoom features of iPad's mobile Safari web browser on the site. Reader ...

TUAW Tips: Play internet radio in background on your iPad

by Steven Sande (Aug 29th, 2010)

Those of us who love to stream internet radio on our iPads can quickly turn into ogres when we switch to another app and the music stops. Until the iPad supports iOS 4 (soon) we're stuck with no background capability, which makes background streaming impossible.The folks over at FairerPlatform have ...

Enjoy background audio with MLB's At Bat

by Dave Caolo (Mar 4th, 2010)

As if I weren't excited enough to buy Major League Baseball's (MLB) iPhone app At Bat (here's an example of my previous gushing), they've added a new feature that makes it easy to listen to games while using other apps. While Apple doesn't allow 3rd party apps to run in the background on the ...

New Gmail Mobile site released for iPhone (and Android)

by Jason Clarke (Apr 8th, 2009)

Back in March I made a plea for a native Gmail application on the iPhone. As it turned out, Google was working on a new version of the Gmail Mobile site that takes advantage of HTML5 features like database storage to provide caching functionality on the iPhone and Android phones. The demo was ...

iPhone OS 3.0 brings the speed for JavaScript

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 27th, 2009)

Ars is reporting the 3.0 speed improvements to Mobile Safari's JavaScript engine range from 3x to 16x -- a blessed boon to web developers everywhere. No one seems to know if Mobile Safari will be sporting Nitro or SquirrelFish or what, but whatever it is, it'll be faster. If you check out the ...

Third-party apps enhance web browsing for iPhone, iPod touch

by Dave Caolo (Jan 14th, 2009)

Earlier this week, there was a sudden influx of web browsing applications in the App Store. Mac Rumors points out that some of them, most notably Edge Browser [App Store link], have very old release dates even though they only showed up in the store recently (Edge Browser's release date is listed as ...

iPhone 101: Add mobile websites to home screen

by Todd Ritter (Dec 19th, 2008)

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 ...