http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk (hopefully other people will find it useful too) Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:31:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've updated our National Rail Enquiries app ready for iPhone 4, and have converted all of the app's assets into beautiful high-definition format. We're really pleased with the results, so I thought I'd post some screenshots as a sneak preview of how the app will look. Note that the app's layout ... http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=434 Even though the BBC's planned iPhone apps have been postponed for a review, it's still possible to get full-screen iPlayer video on your iPad, thanks to a neat web app workaround by the BBC. Here's how to do so. On your iPad, visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bigscreen: Tap the "+" icon, and then tap "Add ... http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=425 I run an iPhone development company.  We’re currently making our UK train times app fully compatible with VoiceOver. We’re being helped by users of the ViPhone Google Group, which is a forum for discussing the iPhone 3GS and its support for visually-impaired users. I saw a comment from a member of ... http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=415 I'm an iPhone app developer. I'm interested in new apps that do interesting things. I also have an interest in data privacy. So when I heard that the Conservative Party had launched an app with a canvassing feature, I thought I should try it out. Call A Friend Here's how it works. ... http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=312 We're just putting the finishing touches to VoiceOver accessibility support for our National Rail Enquiries iPhone app. When adapting the app for VoiceOver, we found that Apple's developer documentation for accessibility was pretty good, but there were still several questions we couldn't answer. After some help from Apple, and some experimentation ... http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=369 Apple is the world leader in digital music sales, and is making big inroads into digital video and TV.  The iPad completes the deal, bringing Apple’s magic to the world of eBook sales. The iBookstore Physical book sales are on the up, with the UK Adult Fiction market growing by 1.2% in ... http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=288 Lots of suggested iPad downsides on the Internet this morning. Thought I'd tackle a few. It doesn't have a camera It's 9.5" by 7.5" wide, and 0.5" thick. You want to try taking a picture with something that shape? Besides, you've got a camera-shaped iPhone in your pocket. It doesn't make phone calls It's 9.5" ... http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=278 Here's the problem: HTML and XHTML pages containing empty elements with no end tag such as <span /> break JavaScript DOM traversal methods in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8, resulting in nodes after such an element showing up in more than one node's childNodes collection. Consider the following XHTML document: <?xml ... http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=184 One of the more interesting additions to the updated iTunes 9 Store is a new "Top Grossing Apps" view.  This is displayed bottom right on the main App Store screen in iTunes, and has also been added to the Mobile App Store in iPhone OS 3.1, under the Top 25 ... http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=178 I've recently had to export a bunch of emails from Entourage and into Outlook, in order to send them to someone in a format they can browse and read on a PC.  You'd think that exporting a selection of emails from one Microsoft email management tool to another would be ... http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=169