[...] Both the Maps and YouTube native applications were created because neither works very well in Mobile Safari — but each also provide a way to embed their content on your own web site, and that is where you’ll want to make special allowances. Embedded Google Maps technically work in Mobile Safari, but you’re left working with the tiny manual controls for panning and zooming, so either want to also include a link to the Google Maps web site (an easy way to integrate this gracefully is to label it “Get Directions”) or create a PDF-based map like we do on “our contact page”:http://rd2inc.com/contact/. PDFs work very well on the iPhone and work well for maps since they are vector images and provide resolution-independence. Embedding the YouTube player on your site will only display a building block, so I recommend also including a “Watch on YouTube” link like “we’ve done with our blog”:http://blog.rd2inc.com/archives/2007/04/26/making-things-stand-out/ (the only change to any site we’ve made specifically for the iPhone). [...]
Developing for iPhone’s Mobile Safari — Archive — RD2 Blog said:
[...] Both the Maps and YouTube native applications were created because neither works very well in Mobile Safari — but each also provide a way to embed their content on your own web site, and that is where you’ll want to make special allowances. Embedded Google Maps technically work in Mobile Safari, but you’re left working with the tiny manual controls for panning and zooming, so either want to also include a link to the Google Maps web site (an easy way to integrate this gracefully is to label it “Get Directions”) or create a PDF-based map like we do on “our contact page”:http://rd2inc.com/contact/. PDFs work very well on the iPhone and work well for maps since they are vector images and provide resolution-independence. Embedding the YouTube player on your site will only display a building block, so I recommend also including a “Watch on YouTube” link like “we’ve done with our blog”:http://blog.rd2inc.com/archives/2007/04/26/making-things-stand-out/ (the only change to any site we’ve made specifically for the iPhone). [...]
:: 8 Jul 2007 at 9:33 pm ::