Archive of Mobile
Caplin Thrower – Mobile Hackday Project
While the rise of internet-capable mobile devices has solved a lot of problems, it has also brought a host of new problems with it. One problem you may encounter is that as your customers are now using multiple devices to access your service, they are having to continuously switch context…
Read MoreThe world went HTML5, finally Adobe are catching up!
Yesterday’s announcement by Adobe that they were abandoning Flash for mobile was greeted with almost universal acclaim in the tech blogosphere. Unusually, there weren’t many people surprised or disappointed by the decision. Why? Well, It turns out that Steve Jobs wasn’t just being spiteful to Adobe by preventing Flash from…
Read MoreA Tribute to Steve Jobs
It saddened us at Caplin to hear of Steve Jobs’ recent passing, but we’d like to reflect on his achievements and how they have revolutionised the world.
Read MoreCaplin Reaver – Hackday Project
Caplin Reaver (name pending review) was a small project created by Neal Dangerfield and myself to explore how to make the XMC (Xaqua Management Console) into a more compelling feature for Caplin Xaqua. The XMC is a great tool. It allows developers and administrators to get an in-depth view of…
Read MoreThe “Mobile” Hackathon
Last year’s Caplin 24 hour HTML5 Hackathon was such a success that we’ve decided it’s high time for another!
Read MoreCould Mobile Safari become the next IE 6?
I heard a great quote a year or two ago about how software developers always want to reinvent the wheel. Most other scientific disciplines require you to learn from others before building upon what they have done. Sir Issac Newton’s oft quoted “if I have seen further it is only…
Read MoreBreaking Development 2011
Breaking Development 2011 (Design and Development for the Mobile Web) is now over. The line up of speakers was excellent with many of the leading voices for the mobile web presenting. Although I didn’t attend I was following the Twitter stream avidly. It was was full of activity with fantastic…
Read MoreIE10 preview already available!
Before IE9 has started walking and talking, Microsoft have just announced at MIX11 that they are already well underway with the development of IE10 and developers can download the first platform preview release. They are aiming for a September beta, and say it will include some newer HTML5 and CSS3…
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