Sizing on android phone

Date	2012-01-09 14:03 +1100
From	Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html, comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Sizing on android phone
Message-ID	<N-idnTeX_otixZfSnZ2dnUVZ_rudnZ2d@westnet.com.au> (permalink)

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

Andrew Poulos

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Sizing on android phone Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-09 14:03 +1100
  Re: Sizing on android phone "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-01-08 21:23 -0800
  Re: Sizing on android phone Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-01-09 12:15 +0100
    Re: Sizing on android phone Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-09 23:17 +1100
      Re: Sizing on android phone Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-01-09 14:02 +0100
        Re: Sizing on android phone "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-01-09 11:36 -0800
          Re: Sizing on android phone Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-01-09 22:10 +0100
        Re: Sizing on android phone Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-10 06:48 +1100
          Re: Sizing on android phone Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-01-09 22:15 +0100
            Re: Sizing on android phone Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-10 08:31 +1100
              Re: Sizing on android phone Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-01-09 23:45 +0100
      Re: Sizing on android phone "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-01-09 14:23 +0000
  Re: Sizing on android phone "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2012-01-12 04:29 -0200
    Re: Sizing on android phone "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2012-01-12 06:13 -0200
  Re: Sizing on android phone Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-12 15:11 +0100
    Re: Sizing on android phone Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-13 11:30 +1100
      Re: Sizing on android phone Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-13 14:52 +0100
  Re: Sizing on android phone Dan <dan@tobias.name> - 2012-01-12 10:11 -0800
    Re: Sizing on android phone Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-13 11:41 +1100

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