Fingers and thumbs on the iPhone

I am itching to get my iFingers on the Apple iPhone. I can't wait, but will have to till Apple release it in Blighty. I am also keen to start developing web pages for the iPhone too, which is a lot of fun, according to Daniel Burka.

Digg on an iPhone

Daniel helped design a special part of Digg, custom made for the iPhone - digg.com/iphone. Not only that, he has kindly shared his thoughts on the design process - Digg on an iPhone.

Honkin' Fat Finger

"Even more fun is developing specifically for the user input quirks of the iPhone. When your primary input device is a honkin' fat finger, it changes the way you think about links and buttons. Everything's got to be bigger... way bigger. The yellow digg box and Digg It button are about twice as large on the iPhone as on the normal website. I also made the clickable area of the Digg It button even larger than the button itself so if you click on the edge of it, you'll still get a press. You also have to make sure buttons aren't too close together so that you don't mash one when you intend to hit the other."

No relation

No, Honkin' Fat Finger is no relation to me, but until I can get my iFingers on the iPhone, this is about as close as I will get to experiencing it.

A touch too much

Apple have created a site for iPhone web development too, which is worth touching on too.