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metamemetics
metamemetics

Reputation: 675

How can I test how my websites render on Mobile Safari without buying an iPhone?

All the "emulators" I've found via google are simply a skin on top of Safari desktop or use your OS's default browser :( I borrowed my friends iPhone and noticed the CSS for a pure CSS drop-down menu doesn't render properly and you can't click the links, yet it renders properly on Safari desktop and every other browser even Internet Explorer 6 and 7. In other words the site is unnavigable on the iPhone. How can I test the Safari Mobile rendering engine without buying an iPhone?

edit: Okay it appears there is an iPhone simulator for Mac. I will just see if an OSX image will dual-boot on another harddrive partition of my laptop, if not I'll scrounge for a used iPod Touch though I generally disdain possessing superfluous peripherals.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2771

Answers (2)

lucius
lucius

Reputation: 8685

Either use a Mac and run the iPhone Simulator, or get an old iPod touch, which isn't that expensive.

Upvotes: 5

jcolebrand
jcolebrand

Reputation: 16035

If it depends on rollover of any sort then I think you've discovered the problem.

Is purchasing a mac mini within your budget? Then you could load the emulater in XCode.

Upvotes: 1

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