Comments on: Test your web site on the iPad http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/test-your-web-site-on-the-ipad/ Helpful tips to make your website more effective from Rick Whittington Consulting, Richmond, Virginia Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:29:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/test-your-web-site-on-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-57014 Bob Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:45:56 +0000 http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/?p=652#comment-57014 Actually ipadpeek is useless as it renders the site using whatever browser you at looking at it from. Even looking at ipadpeek via safari is no use as the version of Safari that the Ipad runs is different to the desktop browser and has bugs relating to scrolling that can't be mimicked on a desktop. You can get the same effect by just resizing any browser window. Actually ipadpeek is useless as it renders the site using whatever browser you at looking at it from. Even looking at ipadpeek via safari is no use as the version of Safari that the Ipad runs is different to the desktop browser and has bugs relating to scrolling that can’t be mimicked on a desktop. You can get the same effect by just resizing any browser window.

]]> By: Rob http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/test-your-web-site-on-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-56595 Rob Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:52:13 +0000 http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/?p=652#comment-56595 Good reminder Rick! Everytime a new product like the iPad, Nook reader, Droid smartphone, etc is released we should do a through QA of our website! Besides doing a manual click-through of the website I like to take a quick dive into my Google Analytics (or Percent Mobile) website analytic reports to see if these visitors are also meeting benchmark KPIs and checking to see if any specific 404 errors are being reported for these visitor types. Cheers! Good reminder Rick! Everytime a new product like the iPad, Nook reader, Droid smartphone, etc is released we should do a through QA of our website!

Besides doing a manual click-through of the website I like to take a quick dive into my Google Analytics (or Percent Mobile) website analytic reports to see if these visitors are also meeting benchmark KPIs and checking to see if any specific 404 errors are being reported for these visitor types. Cheers!

]]> By: Rick Whittington http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/test-your-web-site-on-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-56516 Rick Whittington Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:30:32 +0000 http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/?p=652#comment-56516 I suspect that's true, especially if companies don't update the mobile detection script they are running. I suspect that’s true, especially if companies don’t update the mobile detection script they are running.

]]> By: gavin http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/test-your-web-site-on-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-56514 gavin Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:26:24 +0000 http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/?p=652#comment-56514 It sounds like the iPad user agent is too similar to the iPhone user agent. Ouch, that means a lot of sites will serve the mobile version to it. It sounds like the iPad user agent is too similar to the iPhone user agent. Ouch, that means a lot of sites will serve the mobile version to it.

]]> By: Rick Whittington http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/test-your-web-site-on-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-56513 Rick Whittington Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:16:22 +0000 http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/?p=652#comment-56513 Gavin, Someone contacted me via Twitter and said that their web site (for an international airport) was broken on the iPad. I took a look and noticed that the iPad was showing the mobile version of their web site. Although I didn't ask, I do believe their web server detects for a mobile device and displays a mobile version specifically for phones and mobile browsers. If you're detecting for mobile devices server side, check your script and update it to accommodate the iPad. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2153877/what-is-the-ipad-user-agent" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">This site</a> shows the iPad user agent if you're interested. That's the only nuance I've found to date. Gavin,

Someone contacted me via Twitter and said that their web site (for an international airport) was broken on the iPad. I took a look and noticed that the iPad was showing the mobile version of their web site.

Although I didn’t ask, I do believe their web server detects for a mobile device and displays a mobile version specifically for phones and mobile browsers. If you’re detecting for mobile devices server side, check your script and update it to accommodate the iPad. This site shows the iPad user agent if you’re interested.

That’s the only nuance I’ve found to date.

]]> By: gavin http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/test-your-web-site-on-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-56512 gavin Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:41:54 +0000 http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/?p=652#comment-56512 That is a very cool site! So, besides flash not working, are there any major differences with the iPad rendering, than in IE7+ or Firefox 2+? That is a very cool site!

So, besides flash not working, are there any major differences with the iPad rendering, than in IE7+ or Firefox 2+?

]]> By: Dave http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/test-your-web-site-on-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-56508 Dave Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:34:21 +0000 http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/?p=652#comment-56508 Good reminder, Rick. Thanks for being on top of it. Good reminder, Rick. Thanks for being on top of it.

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