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iPhone Application Example: OneTrip

In May, forum user neven had correctly predicted that Web applications might be the only way to get apps into the iPhone. He developed and posted a demo application to the forums to get feedback.

OneTrip
OneTrip is an iPhone-optimized web application (a simple shopping list). Since third-party apps won't be available on iPhone for a while, I thought I'd create a website you could load in Safari on iPhone to approximate having a custom widget.

With Apple's announcements that web-based/AJAX applications are the only way to develop on the iPhone, this example application has been making the rounds.

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61 months ago
Since there will be no third-party apps for iPhone in June, I thought I'd try creating a web app that would run like a widget on iPhone. You would surf over to it in Safari on iPhone, and it would fill the screen nicely to look like a "real" iPhone app. By that I mean, it shouldn't get scaled down, and it's small and compact

Here it is:

OneTrip - an iPhone shopping list.

It will only work in Safari (obviously). Comments? Do you think it will be a worthwhile effort to create such iPhone-ready websites?
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61 months ago
i dont think people will go out of there way to create web pages just for the iphone, but i would like to know wha it does look like on the iphone
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61 months ago
I don't think existing websites should be made iPhone-friendly, and it probably wouldn't be worth anyone's time to create an iPhone-optimized blog or online store, but I really hope that it's easy to make things look and feel "native" on iPhone. I can think of a number of simple widgets like this that I'd really like to have on my phone - so until we get actual widgets, I hope this will do.
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61 months ago
Hey I like your app. I hope it works well with the iPhone.
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61 months ago
That actually is a pretty handy little app :)
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61 months ago
that's a great idea and it looks great too
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61 months ago
This is superb. Very slick and I cant wait to try it out on the iPhone.
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61 months ago

i dont think people will go out of there way to create web pages just for the iphone, but i would like to know wha it does look like on the iphone


Why not? A whole "ecosystem" of web pages has sprung up for the Wii, why not the iPhone?

And, I love the app. Very simple, elegant, and easy to use. I'll be sure to use it when I get my iPhone. :-D
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61 months ago

Why not? A whole "ecosystem" of web pages has sprung up for the Wii, why not the iPhone?


i just dont think it will latch on as much as the wii did
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61 months ago
Thanks for the feedback. I hope this sort of dynamic JavaScript will run well on iPhone. I can think of a number of simple apps like this I could put together. Ideas for anything you'd really like to have on a phone?
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