iPhoneOS 4 looking good
in [UK Mac]
|
Prev: Clearing up music tags
Next: IE8 daftness...
From: James Jolley on 9 Apr 2010 07:52 On 2010-04-09 12:31:28 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: > On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:26:53 +0100, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> > wrote: > >> On 2010-04-09 12:09:20 +0100, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> said: >> >>> Ads in your apps are going to be coming to you soon.. >>> >>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/08/iphone_4_dot_0/ >>> >>> Jobs promised that the iAd platform, the client side of which is built >>> inside iPhone OS 4.0, will allow developers to create ads that combine >>> the interactivity of standard web ads with the "emotion" provided by >>> television ads. >> >> I really hope this doesn't pose serious accessibility problems. For >> instance, imagine viewing a page, that page gets refreshed into an ad >> and VO shoots you right back to the top, losing your place on the >> original page. I hate it when this happens on a normal mac, on an >> iphone i'll want to sling it because there is no way to seartch a >> webpage with VO, mark an area that's important to you as with the mac >> edition. > > The Register link above says > > "the iAd platform allows developers to embed ads inside their apps as > they see fit. Clicking on an iAd link won't close the app, but instead > launch the iAd, which can then take over the device's UI. You return > to the app from which the iAd was launched - which maintains the state > in which you left it - by clicking an "X" icon in the top left of the > display." > > which seems reasonable enough as long as VO also returns to its > original state. > > Cheers - Jaimie That's reasonable enough. VO will e fine then. I'm probably thinking more about how irritating it can be on the desktop and magnifying that. Thanks anyway. Best -James-
From: Simon Dobbs on 9 Apr 2010 08:20 On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:29:31 +0100, Dorian Gray wrote (in article <D.Gray-4EE137.11293109042010(a)nntp-serv.cam.ac.uk>): > After 2015 you won't need to worry about that - analog radio will be > switched off in the UK by then, according to the Digital Economy Bill > that was passed by parliament on Wednesday. I think he means the regular interference with the audio circuit in a home radio- any loudspeaker amplifier system - by the iphone as it talks through the cell phone network. Whatever home radio you use, this will still be a problem. Similarly, someone at work got their knickers in a real twist by putting a mobile phone near a geiger tube connected to a counter and loudspeaker. The counter went wild, espec when receiving/sending calls, and they harped on about it giving off ionizing radiation etc etc. It took me to demonstrate the same effect with the geiger tube removed to convince all that it is an electromagnetic interference effect in the audio circuit, rather than ionizing radiation.
From: Arthur on 9 Apr 2010 10:53 On 09/04/2010 13:20, Simon Dobbs wrote: > I think he means the regular interference with the audio circuit in a home > radio- any loudspeaker amplifier system - by the iphone as it talks through > the cell phone network. Whatever home radio you use, this will still be a > problem. yes, that's the interference we get. It's a clock radio so we might even keep it beyond 2015 - if we're allowed to.
From: Bruce Horrocks on 9 Apr 2010 15:15 On 09/04/2010 12:52, James Jolley wrote: > That's reasonable enough. VO will e fine then. I'm probably thinking > more about how irritating it can be on the desktop and magnifying that. I'm sure the users of iAD will find a way for Voice Over TO SHOUT VERY LOUDLY WHEN READING OUT THE ADVERT TEXT and then be too quiet to hear when back on the application. (I hope that works in Voice Over) :-) -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: zoara on 9 Apr 2010 17:55
Simon Dobbs <simondobbs(a)froglet.net> wrote: > On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 19:04:57 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote > (in article <uf5sr5h9huiv04v2r8teol7ln94mmnecmf(a)4ax.com>): > > > Pretty neat stuff, to drop in Autumn: > > > > Vast array of 1500 new APIs. No Flash (surprise!). > > > > Multitasking is in across *recent* iPhoneOS devices - 3GS and Touch > > 3rd gen and iPad. Not true (and simple) using-lots-of-memory > > multitasking, but cunning API methods that give the same effect for > > the user. Effort on the part of developers is required. > > > > Backgrounded audio apps can use the lockscreen audio controls. > > Hurrah! > > > > VOIP. Eg Skype can use official VOIP APIs, and background during > > calls, and send notifications to you, and *ring* at the lockscreen. > > Yow. AT&T just keeled over with a heart attack. > > > > > Cheers - Jaimie > > > > etc etc. > > > The thing I would like is very simple but would save lots of time and > or > battery. A simple button on the front screen which toggles between 3G > and > wireless networking, maybe bluetooth as well , so that one does not > have to > burrow through many menus before changing this when going away from > wireless > networks. I know their was once a way of doing this for jailbroken > iphones, > but it seems so obvious... Why would you want to do that? Serious question. Just battery life, or something else? -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |