This site seems to work well on a Blackberry (9800) too, although I had to use
the touch screen to navigate, rather than the trackpad. It should be very handy.
My Blackberry has a full screen, I don't know how well it's going to work on
smaller ones, and ones without touch screens.
It doesn't work on my PC - not at all in IE, and not very well with Firefox.
Peter Shute
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [birding-aus-
> On Behalf Of Sandra & Neil Shelley
>Sent: Friday, 27 July 2012 8:58 AM
>To: Birding-Aus Aus
>Cc: Golo Maurer; Luke Shelley
>Subject: [Birding-Aus] Oz Shorebirds iPhone/iPod Touch App (& Android
>Devices) for Bird Identification
>
>Hi folks,
>
>With all the recent posts regarding iPhone apps, I thought I would let
>you
>know about my Oz Shorebirds app for bird identification.
>
>It is based on the Shorebirds Identification Booklet available from
>BirdLife Australia, and allows you to browse 48 shorebird species by
>name
>or size. From the browse list you can view an illustration,
>distribution
>map, identification tips and a flight photo of each species.
>
>The app is freely available to everyone interested in our migratory and
>resident shorebirds. It is a website, however the content will be
>cached
>on your device so that it is accessible even when the internet isn't
>available. It was designed and developed by myself using the Sencha
>Touch
>Framework <http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/>.
>
>*For the iPhone*
>The iPhone has 3G & Wi-Fi capability, and one of these needs to be
>available for the following:
>
> - Point Safari at www.penboc.org.au/shorebirds/
> - Tap on the "+" or "forward arrow" on the toolbar at the bottom of
>the
> Safari screen
> - Tap on "Add to Home Screen" and change the name to Oz Shorebirds
> - Tap on "Save" or "Add"
>
>You should now have an icon on your home screen (of a Hooded Plover)
>that
>you can tap on to run the app.
>
>*For the iPod Touch*
>The iPod Touch has Wi-Fi capability, so if you have access to a Wi-Fi
>network you can also get access to the app. Start the Settinga app,
>turn
>on Wi-Fi and connect to the Wi-Fi network:
>
>Now do the following:
>
> - Point Safari at www.penboc.org.au/shorebirds/
> - Tap on the "+" or "forward arrow" on the toolbar at the bottom of
>the
> Safari screen
> - Tap on "Add to Home Screen" and change the name to Oz Shorebirds
> - Tap on "Save" or "Add"
>
>You should now have an icon on your home screen (of a Hooded Plover)
>that
>you can tap on to run the app.
>
>Start the Settings app again and turn off Wi-Fi. While is Settings
>check
>that Bluetooth and Location Services are turned off (you generally don't
>need any of these on for an iPod Touch and they only drain the battery).
>
>*For the iPad*
>Follow the instruction for the iPhone.
>
>However the images are sized for devices with a smaller screen and look
>grainy on this.
>
>*For Android Devices*
>The iPhone has 3G & Wi-Fi capability, and one of these needs to be
>available for the following:
>
> - In the browser go to www.penboc.org.au/shorebirds/
> - Bookmark the site in the browser
> - Return to the home screen
> - Tap & hold in empty space to bring up the menu
> - Tap "Shortcut" then "Bookmark"
> - Select the relevant bookmark
>
>You should now have an icon on your home screen (of a Hooded Plover)
>that
>you can tap on to run the app.
>
>If you have any problems, drop me a line.
>
>*Neil Shelley*
>
> - Illustrations by Jeff Davies copyright WWF Australia
> - Distribution maps from the New Atlas of Australian Birds
> - Identification tips collated by BirdLife Australia with assistance
> from Adrian Boyle, Glenn Ehmke, Chris Hassell, Danny Rogers & Mike
>Weston
> and information from Shorebirds of Australia (Geering *et al.* 2007)
> - Flight photos by Alister Benn, Rohan Clarke, David Disher, Glenn
> Ehmke, Peter Ericsson, Alan Fletcher, David Hewitt, Dean Ingwersen,
>Deane
> Lewis, Danny Rogers, Sonja Ross, Juanli Sun, Johan Stenlund, Carl-
>Johan
> Svensson, Glen Tepke & Chris Tzaros - all of which are copyright
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