We’ve seen what it’s possible to achieve with CSS before: the Opera logo, a Safari window built inside Safari itself, a Kinetic Type video. What about Apple-related stuff though? Now we have an iPhone and some iOS icons made entirely with CSS.
Posts tagged with "iOS"
iPhone and iOS Icons Rendered Entirely in CSS
iPhone 4 Gets Its First “Userland” Jailbreak
iOS 4 Jailbreak: Why It Still Matters
iOS 4 brought multitasking, folders, unified inbox, threaded email conversations and note syncing to the iPhone. For these reasons, some people think that jailbreaking a device running iOS 4 is now pointless, considering that two of the biggest features of jailbreak (multitasking and folders) are now developed by Apple itself.
Did I jailbreak my iOS 4 iPhone 3GS? Yes. Do I think is still worth it? Yes.
Winterboard, Backgrounder, BTStack GPS Now iOS 4 Compatible
iOS 4 was released 5 days ago, but that didn’t stop Cydia developers who immediately started working on compatibility fixes for their apps and tweaks. Yes, iOS 4 is jailbreakable, in case you’re still wondering.
Apple Lets You View “Awesome iOS 4 Apps” in the App Store
iOS 4 Fast App Switching Explained
Great post by Matt Neuburg over at TidBITS, where he explains the most important technical details you need to know about iOS’ multitasking.
Remove Recents Hides iOS Apps That Don’t Support Multitasking
The most important feature of iOS 4 is multitasking and, look, we get it. You’re now able to quickly switch between apps and go back to the exact place you left off the app. It’s cool, and it works good. The problem is, there are too many apps that still don’t support the new multitasking APIs, and it’s kind of annoying to get these apps in the multitasking drawer, tap on them and find out that they haven’t been updated for iOS’ persistent state.
Fortunately for jailbroken users, the solution is in Cydia.
User Guide for iPhone 4 and iOS 4 Now Online
Apple has just published a user guide about the new iPhone 4 and all the new features in iOS 4. Here’s the direct link to the PDF, and there’s an iPhone-formatted version as well accessible through MobileSafari.
Byline Reaches 3.2 - Brings Background Feed Syncing and Caching to iPhone
We’ve talked about Byline 3 for iPhone before. It’s a great RSS application that features a brand new engine and a good looking UI design. The latest 3.2 update, just approved by Apple and available in the App Store, brings complete iOS 4 support to Byline.
Thanks to iOS’ task completion mutlitasking APIs, the app can now finish the syncing and caching process in the background. Like many other apps though, it can’t fetch feeds on its own. Also, restore state is used to bring you back to the exact location you were before closing the app. Last, Byline now supports the iPhone 4’s Retina Display.
Go get the app here.