no longer using the 'apple-mobile-web-app-capable' tag
The myappmarks iPhone webapp is no longer using the
apple-mobile-web-app-capable meta tag. Using this tag meant that launching myappmarks from a bookmark saved on the home page came up in full-screen mode, not as just another tab in Safari. It bought some extra screen real estate at the bottom of pages because there was no need for the Safari tab bar. Better still, in a multi-tasking environment, it gave myappmarks its own icon when looking at the active apps.Unfortunately full-screen webapps don't seem to support very sophisticated fast-app switching. When you switch back to a full-screen webapp, it starts all over again with the splash screen. Switching back to myappmarks running in a tab in Safari doesn't show the same problem.
I'm pretty sure there's no easy way around this - other than waiting for Apple to fix it. The new Basecamp webapp from 37signals exhibits the same behaviour and they offer the very best user experience they can.
myappmarks was built for multi-tasking and you need to be able to switch back to it fast. So - for the moment - myappmarks lives in a tab in Safari.
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