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.
iPhone icon that initiates an http request - how?
- Thread starter drivefast
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but this is exactly what i need.
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
there's a great website out there that i use several times during a day: www.google.com 
and the key was in the subject of his message. i hear you, i was puzzled myself too at first.
and the key was in the subject of his message. i hear you, i was puzzled myself too at first.You obviously never understood my question, nor my point.
And now you are just being a jerk. Nice.
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Mike