jquery/jquery-mobile — Issue #3388: Implement workaround for iOS orientation change zoom bug
Author: toddparker
Created: 2012-01-06 16:45:09+00:00
State: open

Scott Jehl figured out a slick workaround for the iOS bug that APple refuses to fix. We're going to shoot to get this integrated for 1.1. Note that this will only work on accelerometer equipped iOS devices running iOS4+ so the original iPhone will still have this bug.

Details of the approach here:
http://filamentgroup.com/lab/a_fix_for_the_ios_orientationchange_zoom_bug/

Code:
https://github.com/scottjehl/iOS-Orientationchange-Fix

Demo:
http://scottjehl.github.com/iOS-Orientationchange-Fix/

Details on the tech here:
http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/safari-ios-accelerometer-websockets-html5