Faithful iPhone Central reader Walter R. Basil wrote to us:
How about a light version of iPhone central for those of us browsing from our iPhones? Using EDGE of course.
Well, I suppose we should– hey! Whaddayamean you want a light version of the site? The whole point of the iPhone is to browse the “real” web, not a simplified version of same.
But Walt’s note got me thinking. It’s true, the way the site was designed caused our right hand columns to load before the subject matter column on the left, which always annoyed me and made the site seem very slow, particularly on the iPhone.
Well, as of today it doesn’t do that anymore. We’ve rejiggered our CSS (and we all know how
Also, yesterday we implemented an experiment — an iPhone-style version of iPhone Central. We used Joe Hewitt’s iUI to implement, and there are no guarantees that it won’t break or stop working at some point, but for now whether you’d like to take it for a analysis drive and let us know what you think, we’d be happy to receive your comments.
But seriously — try browsing the regular site on your iPhone. It should load a lot better now. And thanks, Walt, for providing the gentle prod to my posterior.
Original post by Jason Snell
Related Posts










iPhone app TouchTerm provides SSH-encrypted terminal access to any Linux, OS X, or even Windows system running a server
The Iconfactory and Artis Software have announced the launch of Frenzic for the iPhone, and it's available right now for $4.99
This may be good news for iPhone users who are missing the ability to MMS on their iPhones
iPhonesTalk.com is pleased to announce the release of our free personalized iPhone ringtones web app
MarketWatch reports that negotiations between Apple and China Mobile are making progress toward an iPhone 3G launch
Element Cases is coming out with new "gaming shields" for the iPhone
Mega-store Wal-Mart (along with Sam's Club) will join Best Buy in offering Apple's iPhone 3G to their customers just days after Christmas
Based on the solitaire game Kings in the Corners, this is a colorful and entertaining solitaire variant played on a colorful field of cards
Return7 reports that Apple has now approved their update to CastCatcher, and Version 1.3 should appear in the App Store shortly
The best ideas really are the simplest (and most obvious sometimes) ones. This app, NumberKey, is a case in point.
Wetool is an iPhone app that allows you to forward SMS, Send to Multiple Recipients, and Save your SMS to NotePad
These directions help you set up forwarding in Hotmail so that incoming messages are forwarded from Hotmail to a Gmail history
iPhone does not need any introduction. In case you are an iPhone user and want to have that exclusive and different wallpaper on your geeky device soon after it’s all for you
To get delivery confirmation reports sent to your iPhone simply add *0# to the beginning of your text message and once the SMS
Sim adapter that is claimed to fully unlock the 3G iPhone for use on any network including the use of 3G Data
Send / Recieve MMS messages on your iPhone the way they were meant to be seen