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Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps?

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On 7/28/2011 5:31 PM, Richard wrote:
> [Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]
>
> "Peter H. Coffin"<hellsop@ninehells.com>  spake the secret code
> <slrnj32m39.icc.hellsop@nibelheim.ninehells.com>  thusly:
>
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:51:00 +0200, Simon wrote:
>
>>> Is there a sure fire way to dynamically detect mobile apps?
>>
>> No. The user-agent value is what you've got to work with. [...]
>
> Seems like there's an opportunity here for a web service where you
> submit the user-agent on first page view and get back information
> about the mobile device in question (or that its not a mobile device).
> You can then cache this information in a cookie so that subsequent
> page views don't go through the detection service as long as the user
> agent text doesn't change.
>
> That way the painful logic of identifying mobile devices could be
> centralized into a single location and everyone would benefit.

Which only works if they go in through your entry page.  But if they've 
bookmarked (or clicked on a link) farther into your site, the cookie 
wouldn't be available.

So you'd need this information on every page anyway.  Why waste a 
cookie?  It won't be any more accurate and will just add to the amount 
of code (i.e. check to see if the cookie exists, and if not, check the 
user agent).

Peter's answer is good.

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The prefered way to handle mobile apps? Simon <bad@example.com> - 2011-07-28 09:51 +0200
  Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-07-28 07:39 -0500
    Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2011-07-28 15:23 +0200
      Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-07-28 10:21 -0500
    Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2011-07-28 21:31 +0000
      Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-07-28 19:53 -0400
    Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? Simon <bad@example.com> - 2011-07-29 08:33 +0200
      Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-07-29 08:03 -0400
      Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-07-29 08:46 -0500
  Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2011-07-28 18:37 -0400

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