Transcript File - Rick VanVolkinburg E

By: Rick A. VanVolkinburg
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WebView – displays web pages inside
application.
JavaScript is disabled.
Enable:
webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
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Pages do not automatically adjust size to fit the
device’s screen
No video/audio can be played back on
Android.
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Support inline HTML5 video in your
application, hardware acceleration turned on,
and set a WebChromeClient.
No speech recognition
No drag-and-drop
No web notifications
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Lack offline support
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Create styles for specific screen densities
Webkit-device-pixel-ratio CSS media feature.
 Low density – 0.75
 Medium density – 1
 High density – 1.5
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WebKit - open source web browser engine.
Upgrade known as “FTLJIT”
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Has to be enabled
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Lack form support – no inputs:
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date & times
Color
3D graphics.
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Drag and Drop only works on Safari
iPhone/iPod/iPad browser
Currently only supports QuickTime
Scrollbars are not displayed
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Ruby on Rails
Ajax via the Prototype
Script.aculo.us libraries
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//Browser Support Code function
ajaxFunction(){ var ajaxRequest; // The
variable that makes Ajax possible! try{ //
Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari ajaxRequest = new
XMLHttpRequest();
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Jscript – “Microsoft JScript is an open
implementation of Netscape's JavaScript. JScript is
a high-performance scripting language designed to
create active online content for the World Wide
Web. JScript allows developers to link and
automate a wide variety of objects in Web pages,
including ActiveX controls and Java programs.
Microsoft Internet Explorer is designed to interpret
JScript embedded into Web pages.”
("Descriptions of Java, JScript, and JavaScript")
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Lowest score among mobile app support - 372.
(HTML5test.com)
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No webcam access
No CSS selectors
No drag-and-drop
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Some devices button Clicks are registered twice
Borderless scrolling field doesn’t display
scrollbar
Pages do not automatically adjust their size to
fit device’s screen
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The Ajax Control Toolkit contains 40 controls
including:
AutoComplete
 CollapsiblePanel
 ColorPicker
 HTML Editor Extender
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Drag-and-drop controls from Visual Studio
onto ASP.NET Web Forms page.
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New advanced layout – text wrap
Visual effects
Panning and zooming capabilities
Remove limits on style sheets
Works Cited
"About - Internet Explorer 9 Guide for Developers." MSDN-the microsoft developer
network. N.p., 14 Mar. 2011. Web. 26 Nov. 2014. <msdn.microsoft.com/enus/ie/ff468705.aspx>.
"Android Developers." Android Developers. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2014.
<http://developer.android.com/index.html>.
"Descriptions of Java, JScript, and JavaScript." Microsoft Support. N.p., 9 Aug. 2007.
Web. 26 Nov. 2014. <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154585>.
HTML5test.com. N.p., Nov. 2013. Web. 26 Nov. 2014. <http://html5test.com/>.
"SumTotal ToolBook Knowledgebase for Rapid Learning, Interactive eLearning
Content Tools." N.p., Web. 26 Nov. 2014.
<http://kb.sumtotalsystems.com/community_kb_tb_display.asp?id=P23791>.
The WebKit Open Source Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.webkit.org/>.
"Windows Dev Center." Windows Dev Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2014.
<http://dev.windows.com/en-us>.