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Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? [message #174973 is a reply to message #174971]

Thu, 28 July 2011 12:39

Peter H. Coffin
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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 But from experience those quickly get out of date or are simply buggy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? By: Simon on Thu, 28 July 2011 07:51
		Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? By: Peter H. Coffin on Thu, 28 July 2011 12:39
		Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? By: Michael Fesser on Thu, 28 July 2011 13:23
		Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? By: Peter H. Coffin on Thu, 28 July 2011 15:21
		Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? By: legalize+jeeves on Thu, 28 July 2011 21:31
		Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 28 July 2011 23:53
		Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? By: Simon on Fri, 29 July 2011 06:33
		Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 29 July 2011 12:03
		Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? By: Peter H. Coffin on Fri, 29 July 2011 13:46
		Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? By: Norman Peelman on Thu, 28 July 2011 22:37

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