Boing Boing iPhone/iPod Touch Web Clips Icons

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I whipped up some easy icons for all three Boing Boing sites just in case anyone wants to save a page to the menu screen of their iPhone or iPod Touch with a spiffy custom button. (You have to be on the latest firmware to do this. And own an iPhone or iPod Touch. And have the desire to visit us on a regular basis.)

In my infinite wisdom, I took Kevin Worthington's advice and made them twice as large as Apple advises, the better to be scaled down for "crispness"—except I think I made them 157 pixels square instead of 158, which I believe means they're not going to be any more crisp than anything else. But still, they look okay!


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Looks great on my iPhone, thanks Joel!

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I was adding boingboing to my iPhone home screen last night and grumbling that you guys didn't already have custom art for me.

Thanks for only making me suffer in icon-deprivation for one day.

Less than one day!

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Awww, they're so cute! All I need now is an iPhone.

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Where do you find them - load them?

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Oh, nm. You'd think a Tech Writer would RTFM:

Just open the web app on your iPhone, tap the plus sign, and then tap "Add to Home screen." iPhone will make a Web Clip and add it to your Home screen automatically for easy, one-tap access.

It's so automagic. I expected it to be harder, somehow.

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It's so automagic. I expected it to be harder, somehow.

You new to Apple stuff or somethin? ;P

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Thanks for this Joel - my menu screen looks mighty fine now!

Didn't bother with the BBtv one though, since I can't actually watch any of the flash eps on my iPhone... (although they do work fine if you download them from iTunes)

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Am from India and was wondering when Iphone was hitting the shelves.... I want one

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Can someone now make a bOINGbOING Nokia theme?

plz?

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#10 posted by Bek , January 18, 2008 5:38 AM

Aww. BoingBoing looks so cute next to Digg, Google, meebo & Compendium. They're like a little web app family now.

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How about making BoingBoing recognize I'm using an iPhone and then presenting BoingBoing in a more iPhone-friendly fashion?

Granted, I'm only using a WordPress theme on my blog, but this stuff is out there.

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Cooool!!! Thanks for passing along Kevin's advice! I can't wait to play!

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If you want to add customized iPhone icons to your homescreen check out this webapp:

iPhone Icons at www.icons4iphone.com

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