[Building Sakai] Request for review: Hide browser controls in PDA portal on Safari

Nate Angell nangell at rsmart.com
Wed Jul 14 08:57:17 PDT 2010


+1 then ;)

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Steve Swinsburg
<steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Nate,
>
> I believe it will also affect the iPad version of Safari and will make it look more like a native application. This behaviour only happens if you bookmark the URL and then launch it like an app, if you just browse to it it will have no effect.
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
>
>
> On 14/07/2010, at 5:05 PM, Nate Angell wrote:
>
>> Couldn't tell from the jira if the change would affect all versions of
>> Safari, or only Safari on iPhone. For example, would the change affect
>> Safari on the iPad? What would that look like?
>>
>> - Nate
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Steve Swinsburg
>> <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am seeking community input in regards to adding the following feature to the PDA portal:
>>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-18777
>>>
>>> Essentially, in Safari on iPhone OS if a user bookmarks the /portal/pda view of Sakai (which adds an app icon to the Home Screen), then launches it, the browser controls are hidden giving more of a native application look. Screenshot attached to the JIRA.
>>>
>>> This is pretty minor (two lines of HTML) and shouldn't affect any other browser since it is detected by Safari only, and other browsers ignore it.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
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