Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Not trying to be a knob here - is this an improvement over creating a webkit browser window with the same dimensions as your mobile device and changing the browser's user agent?



You mean, for example, using Safari to debug mobile Safari / webview-based apps? That'll get you about 80% there, but environment differences (i.e., memory and processor limitations) on the device and quirky rendering behavior in mobile webkit almost always result in weird bugs that traditionally have required a lot of poking around blindly to fix. Differences between the simulator and the actual device are fairly common too.

It's only fairly recently that useful debugging tools like this and the built-in iOS 5 stuff have emerged.


Doesn't seem quite as easy as copying a script tag into your index.html and clicking a link...




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: