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mLearnCon: iPad - Game Changer or Just Another Tablet?

By Joe Welinske, WritersUA

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iPad Simulator / Development Environment

iPhone Dev Center: https://developer.apple.com/iphone/index.actionExternal link
Join for free and installed Xcode and iPhone SDK (includes iPad)

Using Automator to Publish iPad Content

About Automator

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automator_%28software%29External link

Automator jump start on Padilicious

Creating and Delivering Content for the Web: http://www.padilicious.com/External link

Apple Automator site

http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/apps-and-utilities.html#automatorExternal link

iPad Human Interface Guidelines

Called “the HIG”: http://bit.ly/c2EdGUExternal link

HTML and CSS support on Safari

Safari HTML support - http://bit.ly/buGH49External link
Safari CSS Support - http://bit.ly/b976hbExternal link

HTML 5 visual summary

http://www.focus.com/images/view/11905/External link

iPad / Flash articles

http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning2-0/first-ipad-university-course/External link
http://www.interactyx.com/blog/first-look-at-the-ipad-for-elearningExternal link
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/worried_about_flash_on_the_ipad_apple_
tries_to_ease_your_fears.php
External link

The Apple online Help model for iPad/iPhone

About the model

http://almost.done21.com/2010/04/adlib-apples-secret-ipad-web-framework/External link

The following links only render in Safari on the iPad or iPhone respectively. You can set Safari to be an iPad/iPhone user agent using the procedure below.

iPad Help Guide: http://help.apple.com/ipad/mobile/interface/External link
iPhone Help Guide: http://help.apple.com/iphone/3/mobile/External link

Using Safari as an iPad User Agent

1. Launch Safari
2. Click Setting, then Preferences, then Advanced.
3. Check Show Develop menu in menu bar.
4. Dismiss the dialog.
   A "Develop" item appears in the top menu bar.
5. Click Develop, User Agent, then Mobile Safari – iPad (or iPhone, etc.).


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