Apple Releases List of 'iPad-ready' Websites
Apple Releases List of 'iPad-ready' Websites
Posted 04/01/2010 at 4:58pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Apple has launched a new page on their site that highlights all the pages that are currently “iPad ready”. The page lists the high profile sites that employ HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to function better on the new device. The main feature all of the sites have in common? No Flash. Go to any of these sites on an iPad, and you’ll automatically get the special “magical” version.
The sites include the likes of the New York Times, Vimeo, CNN, and The White House. Confusingly, the Apple page does not link to the sites; it just shows a header for each. Apple has a description of how each site has implemented design changes for the iPad. Some sites like Reuters are listed as having HTML5 video for “most” content, while Virgin America is “almost entirely standards based”.
Apple also has a link at the bottom of the page asking, “Is your site taking advantage of the latest web standards?” Website admins are encouraged to submit their site for consideration as “iPad ready”. Hopefully this will be more informal than the App Store approval process.
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nHeroGo
April 02, 2010 at 9:03am
Secretly, I'm an iPad fanboy, but the kind that will under no circumstance come out of the closet.
I love the idea that Apple have a list of websites iPad owners can visit (safely). How about YouTube? Do people with Macintoshes visit that one? They will get links from friends and they will have to put their iPad down and fire up their regular computer device. I love it!
One critical design flaw with the iPad. It is not circular. I bet the inventor of the frisbee first tried a rectangular shape, but found out that it could be improved. He called it frisbee 2.0, then iFriz.
gymbeau2000
April 01, 2010 at 10:57pm
What strikes me as funny about this is Apple is sortof admitting that the Ipad cannot replace a laptop, netbook or any real machine. If this device cannot just display a site as is, then it's not replacing anything other than an Ipod touch.
Havok
April 01, 2010 at 5:37pm
Wouldn't this be awesome if Apple was all like, "AWWW! APRIL FOOLS! Sorry, we're just pulling your leg, the iPad can only access the app store and Apple.com..."
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Baer
April 01, 2010 at 5:08pm
There is so much more to using a computer than going to web sites. I can not see the pad replacing even my notebook (a net book maybe) never mind my workstation. The hype for this thing is amazing considering what it can not do. It can not use flash so this is an advantage??
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