OS X app to simulate iOS web apps?

[reubs]

There are some web apps that I'd like to have access to on the desktop, but creating a web clipping in Automator doesn't give the whole screen, and a SSB in Fluid isn't doing the trick because I can't make it access the page as a mobile browser.

I looked at Xcode, but I'm pretty sure that's more than I want to fuss with.

Any other suggestions?

 

[Dakirith]

While you probably don't need the full boat XCode for what you are doing - it would be best to test your iOS web apps against the iOS simulator included with XCode. It's buried in the developer tools (/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone Simulator)

 

[reubs]

They're not my apps; they're just some of the web apps that some sites have put forward that are more pleasing than their full sites. Also, I just realized that Xcode is only free as a member of the developer program, and it's not worth dropping that much into it just to fool around with those mobile sites on the desktop.

Thanks for the reply, though!

 

[r.j.s]

There are free developer accounts - which include XCode.

 

[dejo]

Xcode is free on the Mac App Store.

 

[reubs]

I can't get Xcode to install, but I will keep trying. I'm going to mess w Fluid again and see what that will do.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[dejo]

I can't get Xcode to install, but I will keep trying.

What problems are you encountering when installing Xcode?

 

[wlh99]

There are some web apps that I'd like to have access to on the desktop, but creating a web clipping in Automator doesn't give the whole screen, and a SSB in Fluid isn't doing the trick because I can't make it access the page as a mobile browser.

I looked at Xcode, but I'm pretty sure that's more than I want to fuss with.

Any other suggestions?

There is an Add-On for firefox that lets you change the User Agent. I used to you that to browse sites that "required" internet explorer but haven't needed to for several years. You might give that a try and set the user agent to a mobile device.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/