Optimizing for the EDGE Network: What are the limitations?

By Matthew Krivanek

Its no secret that the EDGE network isn’t exactly zippity do dah when it comes to speed. Because of this, I’m putting together a series of articles on how to optimize your web apps for the EDGE network. To kick off the series, we’ll start by taking a look at EDGE and trying to understand a little more about the network itself. Later in the series, I’ve got some killer techniques which will help make your apps fly on EDGE!

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How to launch a new page in “iSafari”

By Matthew Krivanek

Pages in Safari for the iPhone operate much like tabs in the OS X version. When developing you may wish to launch a new tab. With LaunchPad, we’d like to make it so that it stays open while the web apps are launched.

The trick? Just a plain old

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will do the trick. Enjoy!