Comments on: iPhone Detection and Redirection

By: david

david — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:36:59 +0000

you can also use a service like handsetdetection.com which will identify most phones, pdas and blackberrys. It also does some cool location based stuff.

By: Knox

Knox — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:09:25 +0000

Sheila, that’s quite a rant. Actually, Jirbo CATERS to iPhoners - and I was actually solicited to work for them. Your issues seam to be yours.

Apple is not injecting redirection scripts into other websites, WEBSITE OWNERS are. Apple isn’t ruining anything. If a site owner is directing you to a site catered to iPhones they do it because that’s the experience THEY WANT TO PROVIDE.

If you want “the real internet” - mobile Safari is the truest rendering out there, hands down. The site owners can decide to detect the user-agent ad direct according to their wishes regardless of what Apple desires, or you.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:32:23 +0000

iPhone detection by websites in Safari on the iPhone is denying us the REAL INTERNET!

Apple promised me the REAL INTERNET in Safari on the iPhone. Websites are taking that away from us with these stupid sites that detect the iPhone and redirect away from what I’m trying to do online. It is EXCEEDINGLY AGGRAVATING. There needs to be some way to keep them from doing that.

For example, if I want to go to Jirbo.com’s regular site on my iPhone in Safari, I should have that choice. The site should surface a dialog asking “iPhone or Regular Web?” But no, no go. Go to that site yourself in iPhone and try, I dare you, try to click the Contact link to get to the contact form. It redirects. And there’s no equivalent given for the iPhone.

PLEASE, Apple, hear us, do something right away about this before it gets out of control! I’m at a cafe and I have to go HOME to browse a site because of this? Terrible!

By: Knox

Knox — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:19:10 +0000

Glad you found it useful - thanks, Shaun.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:51:50 +0000

The first one I found of these that worked well / cleanly! A++

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:51:28 +0000

OMG I have been looking all night for this code. Thanks for posting it.

By: Knox

Knox — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:01:43 +0000

No problem Charles - your project looks cool too.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:47:23 +0000

Thank You for the time you spent adding and testing this code to your blog.

By: Knox

Knox — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:49:20 +0000

No prob, glad it helps.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:58:38 +0000

Your way works better than what I was doing before. Thanks again!