Suppressing Zoom and Scroll interactions in the Windows Phone 7 WebBrowser Control
Colin Eberhardt, November 17th, 2011
This blog post describes a simple helper class that can be used to supress scrolling and pinch zoom of the Windows Phone 7 WebBrowser control. Developers of Windows Phone 7 application have the full power of IE9 at their disposal in the shape of the WebBrowser control. This control allows you to render both local [...]
Full Frontal Conference 2011
Chris Price, November 15th, 2011
Last Friday I headed down to Brighton for the annual Full Frontal conference. It was my first time there and I’m very glad I made the trip. The quality and breadth of the talks given far exceeded my expectations. Thanks to Remy Sharp for his organisational and timekeeping skills, and everyone else who made the [...]
Property Finder – the first HTML5-based Windows Phone 7 Application
Colin Eberhardt, November 7th, 2011
Last week I submitted Property Finder, a simple application that searches for properties based in the UK, to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. I was happy to receive confirmation that this application had been certified and published just two days later. You can download the application from the marketplace now. You can also watch a [...]
Developing Windows Phone 7 HTML5 apps with PhoneGap
Colin Eberhardt, September 29th, 2011
This article show the step-by-step development of a Windows Phone 7 HTML5 application using PhoneGap. It also looks at how viable this approach is for cross-platform mobile development. Introduction … and Why HTML5? Windows Phone 7 allows native application development in both Silverlight and XNA, both of which are mature framework with excellent tool support. [...]
Bezier demo
Chris Price, August 23rd, 2011
I was reading over one of the tutorials over at html5rocks.com (if you haven’t had a look through them before I’d thoroughly recommend it!) and came across an article by Ilmari Heikkinen on creating a “kiosk-mode” for chromeexperiments.com (another thoroughly recommended site!). The article itself was pretty interesting but it was a pretty insignificant part that caught my eye. [...]
Can Microsoft ‘fix’ JavaScript and make HTML5 applications viable?
Colin Eberhardt, August 16th, 2011
Microsoft’s recent change in stance over Silverlight, promoting HTML5 as “the only true cross-platform solution for everything”, seems to have sidelined Silverlight as a niche framework. This has understandably caused a great deal of upset and confusion in the .NET development community. Despite this, Microsoft are remaining steadfast and tight-lipped about their vision for tighter [...]
A Webapp By Another Name II – The many pitfalls of using the application cache on mobile platforms
Chris Price, June 10th, 2011
In part one I discussed my objective to create a “web-less webapp” which could masquerade as a native application on all modern mobile platforms. I covered the gotchas of developing with the cache, but stopped short of discussing the problems that come about when you wrap it up for each platform. In this post I’ll [...]
A Webapp By Another Name – The many pitfalls of using the application cache on mobile platforms
Chris Price, June 3rd, 2011
In this first installment, I’ll introduce the appcache, talk about some gotchas of using the appcache and hopefully give some helpful hints for debugging it based on my experience. Introduction The appcache is a new DOM feature added in the unholy bundle we call HTML5. It aims to allow your webapp to be loaded even [...]
Flex, Silverlight or HTML5? Time to decide…
Graham Odds, May 6th, 2011
Building on the experience and expertise within Scott Logic, my colleague, Colin Eberhardt, has produced an excellent whitepaper considering the three big web technologies at the moment: Flex, Silverlight and HTML5. Recent advances in web technologies have resulted in a complex landscape for application developers to navigate. Coupled with the recent boom in new platforms, [...]
White Paper: Flex, Silverlight or HTML5? Time to decide…
Colin Eberhardt, May 5th, 2011
When meeting current and prospective clients the subject of web technology choice often arises. There has been a great deal of confusion and uncertainty out there, even before Microsoft’s perceived change of stance with respect to Silverlight emerged. This white paper is intended to help technology decision makers come to an informed choice when faced [...]