Creating home screen shortcuts for your mobile web apps is a great way to quickly access them in the future. However, the default image for those shortcuts is a tiny screenshot of your app. This is ugly, and not very noticeable, especially surrounded by other apps with flashy icons. Your plain mobile web app icon … Continue reading How to create home screen (web clip) icons for your mobile web apps
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How to add HTML5 Geolocation to your web apps
A common misconception with mobile applications is that the truly powerful apps have to be downloaded and installed. However, the idea that installed applications are superior to web-based applications is simply not true. In fact, I am going to walk you through an example today that can capture your location directly from a web-browser, without … Continue reading How to add HTML5 Geolocation to your web apps