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spiff72 · Jul 9, 2007, 08:00 AM

I thought it might be helpful to have a thread listing useful web sites that are viewable on the iPhone without any issues, and to request suggestions for useful bookmarks.

I will start it out with a request:

Has anyone found a good weather site that you can view ANIMATED radar loops of various locations in the U.S.? I tried intellicast, but the looping doesn't work.

DigitalEl · Jul 9, 2007, 09:45 AM

The question at the end of your post is valid, but the first part of your post is not... At least in MY experience. I haven't found any (non-Flash) sites that haven't worked just like they do on my iMac or MacBook on my iPhone. The iPhone -- again, except for Flash, for now -- does have the real Internet. The bookmarks synced from my computer work exactly the way they're supposed to on the phone.

spiff72 · Jul 9, 2007, 09:56 AM

I wasn't trying to imply that there weren't many sites that don't work on the iPhone. I started the thread with the hope of generating some useful "on the go" sites that you can bookmark on the iPhone.

I actually did find a radar loop on weather.com that seems to work, but the java loop on intellicast.com doesn't seem to work properly (not sure why)...

icruise · Jul 9, 2007, 10:01 AM

Maybe because the iPhone doesn't support Java?

spiff72 · Jul 9, 2007, 11:38 AM

I thought it did support Java, that's why I was surprised. Maybe it was just Javascript that it supported?

kman42 · Jul 9, 2007, 11:57 AM

Here are some iPhone web apps:
Hark! The useful iPhone Web apps arrive: Word processor, app launcher, games – iPhone Atlas

icruise · Jul 9, 2007, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by spiff72

I thought it did support Java, that's why I was surprised. Maybe it was just Javascript that it supported?

Just Javascript.

icruise · Jul 9, 2007, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by kman42

Here are some iPhone web apps:
Hark! The useful iPhone Web apps arrive: Word processor, app launcher, games – iPhone Atlas

iPhlickr looks like it's going to be pretty amazing, at least once he gets the photos to open full-screen. Right now you can only view the thumbnails, but it's a great proof of concept. I just hope Apple will let us save pictures to (and hopefully upload from) the iPhone in the future.

mdc · 01:16 PM

Moviesapp.com is *exactly* what I have been working on this weekend. I guess that project is now pointless, since his version is, honestly, everything I have been planning.

My bookmark contribution is iPhone Recipes - 101 Cookbooks

icruise · Jul 9, 2007, 01:12 PM

If there was a way to link the movies to the quicktime trailers, it would be better, though.

intake · Jul 9, 2007, 02:09 PM

I've been using Weather Wunderground for years. Their NEXRAD radar can be loaded as an animated GIF that should with well with the iPhone.

Here is an example.

spiff72 · Jul 9, 2007, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by intake

I've been using Weather Wunderground for years. Their NEXRAD radar can be loaded as an animated GIF that should with well with the iPhone.

Here is an example.

That's exactly what I am looking for. How did you generate a link like that, showing just the image? I would like to do this for the local radar for zip code 46460 (or just Grand Rapids, MI), and the regional version of the same area...

mdc · Jul 9, 2007, 09:48 PM

iSubwayMaps.com updated their NYC subway map for the iPhone, with the rest coming soon.

intake · Jul 10, 2007, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by spiff72

That's exactly what I am looking for. How did you generate a link like that, showing just the image? I would like to do this for the local radar for zip code 46460 (or just Grand Rapids, MI), and the regional version of the same area...

Goto this link, select any map display and animation options you may desire, as well as zoom level and then click the "View/Save this image" link in the bottom left hand corner of the radar frame. Bookmark that new image and enjoy.

Getting iPhone tomorrow, so I'll be doing the same thing!

spiff72 · Jul 10, 2007, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by intake

Goto this link, select any map display and animation options you may desire, as well as zoom level and then click the "View/Save this image" link in the bottom left hand corner of the radar frame. Bookmark that new image and enjoy.

Getting iPhone tomorrow, so I'll be doing the same thing!

Cool! Thanks for posting that...

Unfortunately, they don't animate on the iPhone like the do on the computer.

Once you get your phone, give it a shot and see if you find one that works!

Thanks again,
Jeff

spiff72 · Jul 10, 2007, 09:35 AM

Here's a couple more iphone specific links:

http://apple.accuweather.com/widget/iphone1/iphone.html

iWeathr - iPhone Doppler Radar

JohnM15141 · Jul 10, 2007, 09:55 AM

I like and use these two sites on my iPhone:

iPhone Network Test

iPhone Fan Club

kman42 · Jul 10, 2007, 10:39 AM

www.mojits.com is a nifty app launcher

I think mockdock.com does the same thing, but I haven't tried it yet.

jokell82 · Jul 10, 2007, 10:49 AM

Mojits is pretty freaking awesome. I had emailed the creator about adding a program to it (MoviesApp) and it was done that same day.

Nodnarb · Jul 10, 2007, 11:15 AM

2 very cool ones:

sudoku: sudoku.myiphone.pl

movies: showtimes.optimalconnection.net

sudoku is suprisingly fun and usable on the phone, and that movies website is so much easier than anything else i've found to get movie times. I think mossberg recommended both of these in an article i've read, but i've bookmarked them and used them a bunch already

Edit: The movies link above my post seems pretty cool too...hmmm

krove · Jul 10, 2007, 04:41 PM

The best iPhone "app" I've seen thus far is PocketTweets: Twitter For Your iPhone. It looks and performs beautifully.

intake · Jul 10, 2007, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by spiff72

Cool! Thanks for posting that...

Unfortunately, they don't animate on the iPhone like the do on the computer.

Once you get your phone, give it a shot and see if you find one that works!

Thanks again,
Jeff

Unfortunately, unable to snag an iPhone today after visiting TWO stores and missing them by minutes. Wunderground radar works under iPhoney with latest Webkit download, but unknown how accurately this mimics all iPhone functionality. If I get it working when I can get my grubby hands on an actual iPhone, I'll post my results.

Fortunately, other good alternatives have been suggested in the thread.

vln2 · Jul 11, 2007, 01:33 PM

Perhaps someone has mention this. I saw this and so far I think this is the most usefull tip to date - typing a period. David Pogue has received it through email from his reader Andrew McCallum (bless his heart).
Basically you can type a period with one rolling finger motion:
missingmanual.com -- McCallum's Awesome iPhone Period-Typing Shortcut

jokell82 · Jul 11, 2007, 02:42 PM

Digg has a new iPhone page - Digg - it's better than the previous one.

intake · Aug 23, 2007, 05:02 PM

Weather Underground Update:

The iPhone would not display animated radar loops from the regular site due to their loaded file size and display size.

Well, while we were waiting, Weather Underground came up with an iPhone optimized site the other day.
It is BY FAR the best weather site on the iPhone that I have used. Also, it full animated radar loop.

Point your iPhone to: Weather Underground
Enter your city name of ZIP into the search box.

spiff72 · Aug 24, 2007, 09:39 PM

Cool! I will check it out...

Big-C · Aug 25, 2007, 12:49 AM

I've been liking Google's reader link:
www.google.com/reader/m/view

It's not iPhone specific, but the interface is nice and the feeds are customizable, and it's a very fast interaction with the site.

I also like Ta Da lists (has a nice iPhone interface), and Vitalist (again, has a nice iPhone interface).

Another News site:
iphoneatom.com/iphoneatom.aspx#_home (but I like Google's better; it's faster).

There's a bunch of launchers, but mojits looks great. One thing that turns me off from the launchers: Having to log in here and there! I usually end up finding the good sites from a launcher, then bookmarking directly.