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Safire - An iPhone Web Application Framework

37 points by auston 18y ago

lessallan 18y ago
Freaking Awesome!
jasonlbaptiste 18y ago
this is awesome.
Husafan 18y ago
What an interesting blue, gem logo.. I've seen something like that before, but I just can't put my finger on it.. Looks like a neat framework though.
- deleted 18y ago
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- extantproject 18y ago
  The logo looks like the "Facets of Ruby" logo, for one: http://a1055.g.akamai.net/f/1055/1401/5h/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/11010000/11019122.jpg http://a1055.g.akamai.net/f/1055/1401/5h/images.barnesandnob...
- tokipin 18y ago
  if i ever make a framework i'll name it Charcoal
caveman82 18y ago
That logo is so slick it must be a great framework!
entangledstate 18y ago
Impressive
jsjenkins168 18y ago
I'm not really so sure what makes this an iPhone specific "framework". Its just a safari browser with javascript, except you can only capture click events. All you really need in order to make a website iPhone "friendly" is keep buttons > 40x40 px and use: <meta name="viewport" content="width=320; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"> Beyond that, any other traditional web framework out there works just fine.
- aaronblohowiak 18y ago
  Did you read the site? They decorate the DOM entities with behavior and style according to your markup. http://code.google.com/p/safire/wiki/HowTo http://code.google.com/p/safire/wiki/HowTo It is not OO js, and named just like two different ruby variants ( http://www.rubyinside.com/sapphire-two-different-new-re-implementations-of-ruby-819.html http://www.rubyinside.com/sapphire-two-different-new-re-impl... )
- auston 18y ago
  jsjenkins, in software a framework is usually defined as (From Wikipedia): "...a re-usable design for a software system" This "framework" encapsulates a lot of iPhone-ish style attributes (like buttons, toolbars, lists, sliding/animation & icons) as well as a good number of webkit's(and mobile safari's) new css / js functions. Additionally we plan to support: Gesture Events (this should be iPhone specific enough for you) & Mobile Safari's Offline Database API
  - jsjenkins168 18y ago
    Sorry, was just a bit confused when I saw iPhone web application framework because I usually think of involving server-side when I see that term, and from that perspective there is little difference between the iPhone browser and others. Being able to easily stylize your pages to achieve iPhone-like appearance is definitely very useful.
    - auston 18y ago
      No problem, I probably didn't pick the best description for it anyway.
DJPAUL 18y ago
Nice Framework, Easy, Comfortable, No Fuss... Thanks, This makes life much easier...
agenyc 18y ago
Nice logo.
dgabriel 18y ago
Am I the only person who wondered how an aging NYT columnist managed to write an iPhone application framework?
- auston 18y ago
  What? lol
  - dgabriel 18y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Safire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Safire

37 points by auston 18y ago

lessallan 18y ago

Freaking Awesome!

jasonlbaptiste 18y ago

this is awesome.

Husafan 18y ago

What an interesting blue, gem logo.. I've seen something like that before, but I just can't put my finger on it.. Looks like a neat framework though.

deleted 18y ago
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extantproject 18y ago
The logo looks like the "Facets of Ruby" logo, for one: http://a1055.g.akamai.net/f/1055/1401/5h/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/11010000/11019122.jpg http://a1055.g.akamai.net/f/1055/1401/5h/images.barnesandnob...
tokipin 18y ago
if i ever make a framework i'll name it Charcoal

caveman82 18y ago

That logo is so slick it must be a great framework!

entangledstate 18y ago

Impressive

jsjenkins168 18y ago

I'm not really so sure what makes this an iPhone specific "framework". Its just a safari browser with javascript, except you can only capture click events. All you really need in order to make a website iPhone "friendly" is keep buttons > 40x40 px and use: <meta name="viewport" content="width=320; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"> Beyond that, any other traditional web framework out there works just fine.

aaronblohowiak 18y ago
Did you read the site? They decorate the DOM entities with behavior and style according to your markup. http://code.google.com/p/safire/wiki/HowTo http://code.google.com/p/safire/wiki/HowTo It is not OO js, and named just like two different ruby variants ( http://www.rubyinside.com/sapphire-two-different-new-re-implementations-of-ruby-819.html http://www.rubyinside.com/sapphire-two-different-new-re-impl... )
auston 18y ago
jsjenkins, in software a framework is usually defined as (From Wikipedia): "...a re-usable design for a software system" This "framework" encapsulates a lot of iPhone-ish style attributes (like buttons, toolbars, lists, sliding/animation & icons) as well as a good number of webkit's(and mobile safari's) new css / js functions. Additionally we plan to support: Gesture Events (this should be iPhone specific enough for you) & Mobile Safari's Offline Database API
- jsjenkins168 18y ago
  Sorry, was just a bit confused when I saw iPhone web application framework because I usually think of involving server-side when I see that term, and from that perspective there is little difference between the iPhone browser and others. Being able to easily stylize your pages to achieve iPhone-like appearance is definitely very useful.
  - auston 18y ago
    No problem, I probably didn't pick the best description for it anyway.

DJPAUL 18y ago

Nice Framework, Easy, Comfortable, No Fuss... Thanks, This makes life much easier...

agenyc 18y ago

Nice logo.

dgabriel 18y ago

Am I the only person who wondered how an aging NYT columnist managed to write an iPhone application framework?

auston 18y ago
What? lol
- dgabriel 18y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Safire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Safire