MentalX

iPhone and FOWD

So, Nikki and I finally broke down and each bought an iPhone. This was more out of necessity than anything else, as our old phones were reaching the end of their days. I initially tested the iPhone when it first came out, and was not as impressed as I thought I’d be. Now, after having the phone for a couple weeks, I can firmly say it is one of the best tech purchases I have made in recent years. It is not the end-all-be-all, but it is certainly the start of a new direction in mobile phone technology.

Since purchasing the iPhone, I have tested a strong cross-section of the sites I’ve designed. Leaving Flash out of the picture, everything has worked beautifully with one exception. There were several instances where text sizes were increased, and the overflowing of a div took place. These were solved by simply adding this line of code to the Body tag of the header includes for the sites in question:

style=”-webkit-text-size-adjust:none”

Safari on the iPhone automatically adjust text size to make things easier to read. With the aforementioned tag, you can turn this off.

I am off the NYC next week to the Future of Web Design conference. I am extremely excited about this and am really looking forward to squeezing as much information into my brain as I can. Speaking at the conference will be: Khoi Vinh, Joshua Davis, Zeldman, Andy Clarke, Jina Bolton, Ryan Sims, and many others. There are still conference passes available if you are in the area. Check it out at: http://futureofwebdesign.com/

Just got back from Denver this week. Thank you to all who covered our heads, and filled our bellies with beer. Until next time.