Fulltime Casual Now iPhone Ready

As i write this, the Sydney Apple store is opening its doors. What better way to celebrate that then to make Fulltime Casual iPhone / iPod Touch ready? 

I have a look on the googles and the oldest and most linked to plugin was iPhone-Wordpress by Content Robot. I tested it out, but i wasnt really happy with the results. A bit more Google juice gave me Brave New Code’s WPTouch, which is just all kinds of sexy. If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, check it out now! 

To be honest, i only installed the thing because Justin and FixedR6 keep writing damn good posts I want to read, so an iPhone ready version was important. 

But it does beg the question, if this shitty little blog can be iPhone ready, then why the hell isn’t The Sydney Morning Herald, News.com.au and the like? More baffling, a year after the iPhone’s release, why aren’t technology blogs like TechCrunch, Engadget or Valleywag iPhone ready? Could it be the obscene amount of ads each of these sites want to push on there readers? 

Get your bloody act together kids! 

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  • Thanks for the praise about WPtouch!

    @ FixedR6: Yes, for the most part the iPhone can display pages as they are, but there are considerations to take into account.

    Firstly, if a page regularly employs oodles of javascript then it will likely load slow on the iPhone. The meager processor on the iPhone/iPod touch can't get through the JS as fast.

    Secondly, all the zooming in/out isn't for everyone, and getting to the content you want isn't as friendly as it is wowing.

    Thirdly, you can format a blog (like we have with WPtouch) in a unique way that tailors the site for the device (touch interface) without being tacky and without taking away any of a blog's features (pages, comments, search, categories, tags etc).

    Also, we've developed the plugin such that you as a visitor can choose between the WPtouch view and the site's regular view, so visitors always have the choice of how they want to view content.
  • I thought the iPhone didn't require special formatting to make pages work correctly? I mean, Steve said so ...

    Obviously I've never actually used one of the devices but thought the magic elves inside pushed the pixels just right?

    2 years of slavery begins on June 11th and this fanboy can't wait.
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