Hi Folks,
I've been working on an method to add a speed dial "WebClip" to the home screen for arbitrary numbers. Its based off the method posted here but is designed to enter the number via a form rather than URL.
What it does right now is lets you type in a number then bookmark the resulting page on your home screen. Subsequent visits use the tel:// handler to try and make a call. It's fairly basic right now and I'm looking for feedback and suggestions.
It is available at http://liquidstudio.com/quickdial/
A note on security: As stated from the QLNK site, there is a bit of a privacy concern, in that every time you click a bookmark it has to hit my site to generate the tel:// url. If this is too much of a privacy concern, I apologize; You will have to take my word that I won't be looking at where people are calling. And frankly, I don't have enough time to be looking at random people's calls.
As for how I'd like to advance the web app, I'm looking at the following:
- Finding a way to guarantee privacy.
- Adding customized bookmark icons.
- Cleaning up a lot of the CSS and HTML.
- Lighter weight for EDGE (it's pretty light now anyway).
- Anything else people suggest.
I'm curious to know how it works for other people. I may make the php source available if people want it, but it's really simple anyway. Most of the effort has gone into the UI.
Cheers,
Aaron
I've been working on an method to add a speed dial "WebClip" to the home screen for arbitrary numbers. Its based off the method posted here but is designed to enter the number via a form rather than URL.
What it does right now is lets you type in a number then bookmark the resulting page on your home screen. Subsequent visits use the tel:// handler to try and make a call. It's fairly basic right now and I'm looking for feedback and suggestions.
It is available at http://liquidstudio.com/quickdial/
A note on security: As stated from the QLNK site, there is a bit of a privacy concern, in that every time you click a bookmark it has to hit my site to generate the tel:// url. If this is too much of a privacy concern, I apologize; You will have to take my word that I won't be looking at where people are calling. And frankly, I don't have enough time to be looking at random people's calls.
As for how I'd like to advance the web app, I'm looking at the following:
- Finding a way to guarantee privacy.
- Adding customized bookmark icons.
- Cleaning up a lot of the CSS and HTML.
- Lighter weight for EDGE (it's pretty light now anyway).
- Anything else people suggest.
I'm curious to know how it works for other people. I may make the php source available if people want it, but it's really simple anyway. Most of the effort has gone into the UI.
Cheers,
Aaron