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Andrew Poulos, 2012-01-09 04:03:

> I've a basic page which, onload, returns the viewport size.
> 
> When I run the page on a Samsung GS it returns 450 x 320.
> 
> When I create a small elearning course designed to run at 450 x 320 the 
> course ends up occupying just the top quarter of the screen. (Because of 
> the required user interaction I've had to disallow the default actions 
> for swipes but not gestures.) If the course queries the viewport size it 
> returns 1125 x 800.
> 
> To get it to "fill" the screen I added
>    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
> to the head.
> 
> My questions are
> - I don't understand why the viewport size changes between my basic page 
> and the course on the same device.

Please read:

<http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/an-introduction-to-meta-viewport-and-viewport/>

> - Will <meta name="viewport"> be supported on Windows phones?

I think so - but i'm not sure. So far i've tested this with Webkit in
Android and iOS and Opera - but i think, Windows Phone will also support
this, as it is the usual way to create a "mobile" version of a website
(e.h.: <http://m.arnowelzel.de> compared to <http://arnowelzel.de>).


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Arno Welzel
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