iPhone-filter (Metafilter App for iPhone))

August 21, 2007 11:11 PM

I made a MetaFilter application for the iPhone using iPhone Apper. You can see a preview of the icon, and download it here. I found some super easy instructions for installing 3rd party applications on shauninman.com. If someone wants to take a better shot at it, you can use my Photoshop template. I hope others with iPhones get some use out of this-- I like having my favorite website within easy reach!
posted by jstef to MetaFilter-Related at 11:11 PM (7 comments total)

By the way, this just opens the site in MobileSafari. I'm not talented enough to make something like Lights Off.
posted by jstef at 11:14 PM on August 21, 2007

Looks cool, though I don't want to hack my iphone to install it. What's the app look like running on your phone? Or is it just a launcher for the blank area of the main menu?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:17 PM on August 21, 2007

Just a launcher. I should have made that more clear in the post! It's really nothing special, but I spent a long time trying and re-trying to getting the icon to display right. I thought I'd share the results.

Hacking the thing is a bitch, but custom ringtones were worth it for me.
posted by jstef at 11:23 PM on August 21, 2007

How cool, thanks!
posted by padraigin at 8:16 AM on August 22, 2007

It looks snazzy. If I had an iphone, I would use it. Feel free to buy me one and make me prove it. ; )
posted by misha at 9:33 AM on August 22, 2007

I'll second that.

No actually. Do not want.
posted by dabitch at 3:26 AM on August 23, 2007

I applaud customisation in general, but wow, it's *this* hard to add a simple shortcut to an iphone launch screen? It's like the spirit of Anti-Apple ][ Forever.
posted by meehawl at 9:27 AM on August 23, 2007