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Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps?

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On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:51:00 +0200, Simon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to display my front page diferently for mobile users, (as 
> well as a few other pages).
>
> I see on the web that there are various scripts to detect mobile apps, 
> (from the user agent).
>
> But from experience those quickly get out of date or are simply buggy 
> and return some false positive.
>
> So my questions are simple, (I think).
>
> Is there a sure fire way to dynamically detect mobile apps?

No. The user-agent value is what you've got to work with. Mostly, Real
Developers handle this by spending no small amount of time reading
documentation, experimenting, and testing with new devices and new OS
releases for those devices. People without a development budget adequate
for this kind of testing have to get by via reading the same doco, and
following discussions between those people that do that kind of testing
comparing notes. And, if one doesn't feel like sitting on one's hands
during those discussions, fixing the bugs in the detection routines
using the information others collect is a perfectly valid contribution.

> Is using php the right tool? or is there a more standard, 
> (html/javascript), way of handling those.

PHP would be a good tool, if there was such a sure-fire way.

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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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