Auto-linking of e-mail addresses, phone numbers and date/times?

[Micky Hulse]

Hello,

In the app that I am working on, iPhone OS will automatically link all e-mail addresses, phone numbers and date/times.

I have read that this meta tag will stop phone numbers from linking:

<meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no" />

But for some of the content, I don't have access to the HTML.

My questions:

1.

Does the above meta tag turn of auto-linking for everything, or just phone numbers (I assume just the latter)?

2.

Rather than fighting an uphill battle, does iPhone add any hooks to these links?

I would not mind doing something like:

a.iphoneCssHook { color: #fff; }

3.

Is there a tool that would let me inspect source code of html pages loaded within an app?

Sorry if stupid questions...

Thaks!
Micky


[Robert D Sharp]

Hello Micky,

Are regards to 1 and 2, I have no solution off of the top of my head...

for # 3

From any Mac or PC browser (and I am guessing the same exist for Linux) simply view the source code.

Bob

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[Micky Hulse]

Hi Bob! Thanks for the quick reply, I really appreciate it. :)

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Robert D Sharp <b...@edutt.us> wrote:
> Are regards to 1 and 2, I have no solution off of the top of my head...

No worries. Thanks for trying though.

> for # 3
> From any Mac or PC browser (and I am guessing the same exist for Linux) simply view the source code.

That's a great tip!

I probably should have been more clear...

I do use a JS bookmarklet to view source code of web pages via mobile
Safari on my iPhone... I guess I was not sure how to best view source
code via an application that is loading a web page. In other words, if
I am in an app, and I wanted to see the source HTML from there, what
could I do? (For example, I don't know the URI because none of the
browser chrome is showing). :D

Not a big deal though... I guess I was just thinking that maybe there
is a firebug, or something like a debug mode, for testing iPhone
applications.

Thanks again Bob, I really appreciate the help!

Cheers,
Micky