How can I test how my websites render on Mobile Safari without buying an iPhone?

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How can I test how my websites render on Mobile Safari without buying an iPhone?

All the "emulators" I've found via google are simply a skin on top of Safari desktop or use your OS's default browser :( I borrowed my friends iPhone and noticed the CSS for a pure CSS drop-down menu doesn't render properly and you can't click the links, yet it renders properly on Safari desktop and every other browser even Internet Explorer 6 and 7. In other words the site is unnavigable on the iPhone. How can I test the Safari Mobile rendering engine without buying an iPhone?

edit: Okay it appears there is an iPhone simulator for Mac. I will just see if an OSX image will dual-boot on another harddrive partition of my laptop, if not I'll scrounge for a used iPod Touch though I generally disdain possessing superfluous peripherals.

+1 A:

If it depends on rollover of any sort then I think you've discovered the problem.

Is purchasing a mac mini within your budget? Then you could load the emulater in XCode.

drachenstern 2010-06-05 03:23:29

Interesting according to this site:http://www.justtwonerds.com/2010/02/24/free-css-dropdown-menu-with-iphone-quick-tip/adding onmouseover=”" inside an element will allow the hover CSS events to perform as intended on the iPhone even if onmouseover is blank, otherwise they will be ignored by default. I'll have to try that.

metamemetics 2010-06-05 04:14:43

+3 A:

Either use a Mac and run the iPhone Simulator, or get an old iPod touch, which isn't that expensive.

lucius 2010-06-05 03:31:42

+1 for thinking further outside the box. I never considered an iPod Touch. I would +1 again if I could ;)

drachenstern 2010-06-05 04:22:26

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