If you have ever developed for the mobile web, you have probably come across this little snippet of JavaScript which enables you to hide the mobile browsers address bar:

function hideURLbar() {
	window.scrollTo(0, 1);
}

if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('iPhone') != -1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Android') != -1) {
    addEventListener("load", function() {
            setTimeout(hideURLbar, 0);
    }, false);
}

This code hides the browser address bar in iOS and Android if the length of the pages content is long enough. This is a very common function and is excellent if you would like to increase the mobile browsers content viewable area. I have one small problem with it, it doesn’t take into account page anchors (http://www.example.com/#comments). When the page loads with a page anchor, it cancels out this anchor and scrolls to the top on load.

I propose an improvement to this code javascript snippet that will add a page anchor check statement prior to the window.scrollTo(0, 1); function.

function hideURLbar() {
	if (window.location.hash.indexOf('#') == -1) {
		window.scrollTo(0, 1);
	}
}

if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('iPhone') != -1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Android') != -1) {
    addEventListener("load", function() {
            setTimeout(hideURLbar, 0);
    }, false);
}

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OK, I don’t normally post short posts on this site, but this is worth sharing. The Wilderness Downtown Project, might be one of the coolest most creative websites I have ever come across on the web. It is an HTML 5 interactive Google Maps film that is customized for you.

When you get to the site, enter the address you grew up in then click search. An HTML5 video like you have never seen before will begin playing.

Just trust me, browse over to http://thewildernessdowntown.com in an HTML 5 browser and be amazed!

OK, just wanted to make a quick post about a little theory I have regarding Apple and the unannounced Aug/Sept event. This has nothing todo with iPod, I mean I am sure they will introduce new iPod Touches, but that is a given. My Theory is regarding the iTV. A lot of people have been speculating that Apple is going to refresh the Apple TV. There are also rumors going around about a new mystery iLife application.

My theory is that the new mystery iLife application is going to be iTV. They just released a Mac Mini with HDMI out, they have an iMac large enough to use as a TV, and they have a new input device, the Magic Trackpad. I think they are going to scrap Apple TV as a hardware device and introduce a new couch/remote friendly application called iTV to the iLife suite. Yes, I know they already have Front Row, but seriously, who uses that, it is total crap.

I personally am all for this, I currently have a Mac Mini hooked up to my 50″ Plasma and am currently running Plex, a great Media Center application. Apple has hinted that streaming movies would hit the cloud before streaming music, so could the new mystery data center and the mystery iLife application be connected to allow us to download and stream TV Shows and Movies in a whole new way?

What are your thoughts? Would you use this?