Just when you thought it was over. Your site successfully renders for Chrome/Safari, Firefox, IE, the iPhone, Android, Palm Pre and more..
Well you’re not done yet. You see, Apple’s rumored to be coming out with this new slate thing, otherwise known as the Apple tablet, which could present you with one more way to display your site. There’s just one question you should be asking yourself: Is your website touchable?
This is pure conjecture of course but let’s assume for a moment that Apple’s tablet runs iPhone OS as is also widely rumored. Sure, browsing the web from your iPhone is cool but it isn’t by any means like browsing from your laptop/desktop.
It’s obvious the web was designed for point & click. You can click your way through simple websites with nothing but content and links using a touchscreen but try navigating to maps.google.com on your iPhone. You’ll quickly see why Apple has an app for that. Even simple content sites weren’t built for a real touch screen, like the kind you see in Star Trek and the kind that will take the world by storm when Apple releases the future next year.
My question is this: Will this new tablet somehow support gestures which would mimic a mouse? Or does Apple expect us all to make a touch screen version of our site or even worse a native app?
Maybe Apple’s devised a brilliant way around it.. but one thing’s for sure: it’s definitely something to consider.
If anyone has any information on this I’d love to hear it…
