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Mobile Web App Reference

Monday, December 26, 2011
By Colin

iOS web app icon dimensions: 57×57px for the iPhone 3G and 3GS, 72×72px for the iPad, 114×114px for the iPhone4 Apple Device DPIs: 163dpi for the iPhone 3G and 3GS 132dpi for the iPad 326dpi for the iPhone4 Media Queries Examples: view layout.css on http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/finally-a-fluid-hicksdesign »

aboutmydevice.com : a new site that helps explore a mobile browser’s Javascript properties

Wednesday, September 7, 2011
By Colin
aboutmydevice.com : a new site that helps explore a mobile browser’s Javascript properties

Here’s the latest website I’m releasing onto the world: aboutmydevice.com. I wrote  it so that I could explore what Javascript properties, objects, and values exist on the browsers of various mobile devices. I walk into a store, go to... »

Hurricane Irene Update 5

Friday, August 26, 2011
By Colin
Hurricane Irene Update 5

It’s some time between eleven and noon in Marsh Harbor.  The winds calmed earlier in the night, and the Sea of Abaco is shining turquoise again. Our walk through the Marsh Harbor waterfront revealed little damage.  Only one  power line down, some board fencing down,... »


Hurricane Irene Update 4

Thursday, August 25, 2011
By Colin
Hurricane Irene Update 4

Still at the Abaco Beach Resort hotel, Marsh Harbor, Abaco, Bahamas.  It’s nearly seven in the evening, the southern portion of the hurricane has been passing over us for... »

Hurricane Irene Update 3

Thursday, August 25, 2011
By Colin
Hurricane Irene Update 3

A bright spot and weaker winds as the eye of the storm passes over us.The storm appears to be a little ahead of forecasts.  It wasn’t supposed to each... »

Hurricane Irene Update 2

Thursday, August 25, 2011
By Colin
Hurricane Irene Update 2

A little after nine in the morning on Thursday August 25th, here’s a picture of the sea of abaco, looking south east from our hotel room window.  The wind... »