Comments on: iPhone Questions

By: Ken Westin

Ken Westin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:32:35 +0000

If Flash were available on the iPhone there would be little need for an app store in my opinion. Given the restrictive sandbox the iPhone SDK puts developers in, I am guessing that 80% of the apps available in the app store could be done in Flash or web based programming. Possibly a key reason Flash is not available for the iPhone ( sorry I specialize in conspiracy theories).

By: Jason Grigsby

Jason Grigsby — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:02:00 +0000

@kes Give javascript another try when 3.0 comes out. It is much faster and the browser seems more stable.

By: Kes Wold

Kes Wold — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:12:51 +0000

No. Yes. Yes.

FWIW/off-topic but related, I turned JavaScript off so Safari would stop crashing (and help some pages, like the NYTimes, load much quicker.)

Downside: a few other sites (Flickr, some Google pages) don’t load or work properly without it.

By: Philip (flip) Kromer

Philip (flip) Kromer — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:06:14 +0000

Safari is still on the bar (along with the other defaults; I use them the most frequently).

I’m more likely to look something up directly in wikipanion if I know that’s where I’m headed but otherwise safari for me.

By: Peat Bakke

Peat Bakke — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:51:32 +0000

No, Yes, Yes

I love me some good Safari browsin.

By: Chad Chapman

Chad Chapman — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:28:27 +0000

Me and Tiff use Safari on her Iphone. I noticed the apps for facebook and what not but seems like a wasted redundancy to me. I would rather just type in the sites i want when I want them versus cluttering with apps.

NO
Yes
Yes

By: Frédéric de Villamil

Frédéric de Villamil — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:10:39 +0000

No
Yes
Yes

By: John Keith

John Keith — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:07:39 +0000

* No
* Yes
* Yes

And apparently I’m pretty much with Rick – I have Text, Phone, Tweetie, and Safari on the bar, in that order.

By: Rick Turoczy

Rick Turoczy — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:43:54 +0000

I have Safari on the bar, but honestly I tend to use Safari more through the bookmarks on my iPhone screens. But yes and yes on the other two questions.

For what it’s worth, I have Phone, Text, Safari, and Tweetie on the bar, in that order.

By: Lyza Gardner

Lyza Gardner — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:23:52 +0000

Fellow Cloud Four-ian, chiming in!
I have NOT moved Safari off the bar; I use it constantly; have used it within the past few hours. So:

* No
* Yes
* Yes