iphone icon that initiates an http request - how?

[drivefast]

this may be a really stupid question, since it's not about an iphone application, but something way easier. is there any easy way that i can put an icon on my iphone, like the calculator or the stocks icons, that would simply initiate an http request to a website, and display the page returned? sort of like a shortcut to safari. i am looking for a way to have this icon installed in a very easy way (sort of like for a totally non-technical person), so using the app installer and the app launcher is not an option. having that extra icon installed by the itunes sync process would be the best. i have a feeling this should exist and i just cant find it - am i right?... thanks.

[ps49556n]

Not sure what you are asking here but to me it sounds like you want a safari shortcut???? There already is one on the home screen....

[drivefast]

almost. what i want is an icon that starts safari and takes me directly to an URL.

[ps49556n]

Is it that difficult to just go to your bookmarks?

[drivefast]

anybody else has an advice about how can an icon launch safari and make it navigate to an URL? thanks!

[KennX]

This does exactly what you're looking for. Feed it a URL and an icon and it makes you a launcher.

Take care,

-KennX

[drivefast]

right on!!! too bad it doesnt work - at least for now. returns a 0 bytes file... :( but this is exactly what i need.

[drivefast]

ok, looks like it works now, Jon fixed it for us.

[Tinman]

This does exactly what you're looking for. Feed it a URL and an icon and it makes you a launcher.

Take care,

-KennX
What is "this?"


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Mike

[drivefast]

What is "this?"

this == http://www.jonsthoughtsoneverything.com/iphone_apper/

[Tinman]

this == http://www.jonsthoughtsoneverything.com/iphone_apper/

OK, but I don't know how you got that out of "this" (with no link). :2cool:


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Mike

[drivefast]

on the "this" page (sic) you upload an image (.png) file that will be the icon, and you enter a caption (the text that shows underneath) and the URL where you want safari to take you. then press the "App me" button, and automagically a file download will start. that file download is the .app file that you have to load into your ipho. good luck.

[Tinman]

on the "this" page (sic) you upload an image (.png) file that will be the icon, and you enter a caption (the text that shows underneath) and the URL where you want safari to take you. then press the "App me" button, and automagically a file download will start. that file download is the .app file that you have to load into your ipho. good luck.
I was being literal. The post that I replied to had no link in it. He just wrote "This does exactly what you're looking for" without indicating what "this" was.

So when you replied to me I wondered how you got the URL (the URL for iPhone Apper).


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Mike

[drivefast]

there's a great website out there that i use several times during a day: www.google.com (http://www.google.com) ;) ;) and the key was in the subject of his message. i hear you, i was puzzled myself too at first.

[Tinman]

there's a great website out there that i use several times during a day: www.google.com (http://www.google.com) ;) ;)
You obviously never understood my question, nor my point.

And now you are just being a jerk. Nice.


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Mike