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On 12/07/2011 6:04 PM, Richard Cornford wrote:
> Andrew Poulos wrote:
>> How can I know if a web page is running on an iPad without
>> parsing navigator.platform (ie. without browser sniffing)?
>
> Start by understanding why you care. The reason for caring will allow
> you to narrow in on which aspect of the difference between 'running on
> an iPad' and 'not running on an iPad' is actually relevant to you, and
> so the thing that should be the subject of a pertinent test.

Rather than have multiple "mini" branches (which have been working fine 
for years) like

e = e || windows.event

I want to one branch to a separate block of code that I can code/test 
without having to simultaneously deal with whatever issues Android, 
Windows... etc may bring. So when the client says, "this needs to work 
on an iPad" I can be confident it does. My clients "know" about web 
development and are expecting that development that includes the iPad 
and other mobile devices to be relatively straightforward when in fact 
I'm struggling. For example, why is it that:

1. Apple says the iPad screen resolution is 1024 x 768

2. designing as 980 x 660 appears to fit appropriately. The page has 
this meta element:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">

3. window.innerWidth/Height returns 768 x 518

Andrew Poulos