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3 CommentsOne day with the Jesus phone and I've seen the huge potential of iPhone websites; as well as some serious blunders. Here's my blunders.
* No use of AJAX
* No activity indicators on synchronous actions
* NOT REMEMBERING MY @#%&*! FORM INFORMATION WHEN THERE'S AN ERROR
* "Generic" input type. See Movie App for example of good (numpad for zip codes).
* Doesn't stress shorter input types (zip code vs city)
* Not using hi-res images scaled down. (see pocketweet sideways)
* Using links instead of back button for links going back (back button is like 10x faster than re-loading a page)
* Randomly going out-of-app with seemingly in-app links (leaflets flickr is a great example of what not to do)
* More specific error messages ('username does not exist' or 'password invalid' vs 'username or password is incorrect')
clicknathan
Written Sep. 8, 2007 / Report /
I'm not sure this is true. I thought Gmail was built on AJAX and it works for me (though not particularly exceptionally) and if I go into my WordPress admin system, the AJAXy menus to the side of the Write/Edit post area work (though you can't drag them around, they still expand, contract, work.)
Wouldn't this be more on the site's designer's end?
With the Zooming in capabilities, isn't it nice to have the full sizers? Though having the option to set this would be nice. Options in general would be nice. :)
Lots of upgrades could happen, a couple I can think of:
Kyle
Written Sep. 8, 2007 / Report /
hey nathan, I was actually referring to mistakes the designers are making in their apps, not problems with the device itself. Btw you can open new windows by clicking in the lower right of safari. Works just like tabs.
ryanarrowsmith
Written Sep. 8, 2007 / Report /
You are dead on Kyle. I've been thinking that we've yet to see that one iPhone site that makes you go "daaaamn", then everyone else follows suit.
Kyle has something up his sleeve me thinks. :)