I have been working on a mobile application for the iPhone/iPod that needs to be installed on the user’s device in “fullscreen mode.” Naturally, I wanted to prevent the user from being bothered by the little magnifying/selecting controls, as well as any long-touch menus. So, I thought that I would make a global CSS declaration:
* {-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none;}
Worked a treat until I about went bald trying to figure out why my form elements would not accept user-input. If I touched on a textarea, for example, the keyboard would pop up, and keyup/keydown events would fire, but nothing would get inserted into the element, and no cursor appeared. I put -webkit-user-select: text; in the form element’s css declaration, and everything started working great again.
So not only does AT&T not have good service, and make you PAY for an option to have cell service in your home, they also don’t make it very easy on you to actually use the thing. So I plug this unit in that I picked up off of Craigslist, and I get the following error, even though the guy I bought it from said that he deactivated it.
FTC007: Device serial number is currently associated to another subscriber. Please check the number and try again. If device was recently acquired from another subscriber, please contact that subscriber and ask them to disconnect the device by visiting att.com/3GMicroCell, selecting “Manage your AT&T 3G MicroCell”, logging into their account, and following the online steps for “Disconnect Your 3G MicroCell Device”. If the problem persists, please call 1-800-331-0500.
So, I called AT&T; who really doesn’t know anything more about this than I do, and they tell me that they will have some sort of resolution in about a week. Nice.
In an excellently written article, Steve states clearly why Apple is embracing the future, and not relying on flash.
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
You can sure tell where Apple’s money is coming from, with all the real estate that they are giving the iPod, iPad, iPhone, and iTunes links in the header of their redesigned site.
Remind me again why I need a Quad-Core Intel Xeon Mac Pro with 6 Gigs of RAM? Oh, that’s right, It’s to run my Flash Applications online. Thanks for the reminder.