Well, we decided to hold back our app for a day or two. Unfortunately, there were a number of surprises in store for us on the iPhone\u2019s Safari. Things we were not expecting, to be sure.<\/p>\n
First of all, it\u2019s not the same Safari you\u2019re used to. Not even Safari 3 Beta, actually. Quite a few sites that we use frequently, such as Basecamp<\/a>, have rendering issues, as do pages in the New York Times and even Apple\u2019s site! I would imagine that Apple has some updates in store, so I\u2019m not too worried, but the rendering issues hit our app pretty hard.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll probably take the weekend to iron out some of the kinks. Besides getting used to the keyboard, the interface widgets take some getting used to, as well. They\u2019re not regular Aqua widgets, they\u2019re different. And drop-downs open a half-screen interface that\u2019s really weird. It\u2019s like a wheel that you spin to view your choices. So our whole fancy AJAX interface for choosing between different options is almost a drawback! We\u2019ll have to think about whether we want to keep this interface, or just use Apple\u2019s fancy drop-down thing. In no way did I anticipate that widget.<\/p>\n