Joe Johnston from merhl.com has created an awesome desktop application with Adobe AIR and Adobe Flex 4 which simulates the UI of the iPad. All those people who wana visualize the iPad can download the free Air iPad

To run iPad simulator you will need the Adobe Integrated Runtime if you don’t have it. If your running Windows Vista or 7 then you must run Air iPad As Admin otherwise you won’t be able to enjoy the effects.

To design for the Baker Framework you just have to build HTML5 pages with a fixed width of 768px and you can unleash the power of WebKit. That’s all. Use your favorite tools, test it on the iPad from Safari, refine as much as you want. To test it in a standard desktop browser you can download the 768px support CSS.

The format accepted by Baker is simple: one folder, “book/”, containing all your HTML files.

Until we finalize the HPub format, [...]

If you are curious to know how your website design looks like on the 9.7” screen of an Apple iPad, you can either borrow your friend’s iPad for some time, order one for yourself from eBay (if you don’t live in the US) or just read this.

Step 1: Start your Firefox (or Safari) browser and change the user agent string to that of the Apple iPad. You may use Google Chrome as well but it just takes lot of effort [...]

Safari on iPad is capable of delivering a “desktop” web experience. iPad has a large, 9.7″ screen and fast network connectivity, and Safari on iPad uses the same WebKit layout engine as Safari on Mac OS X and Windows. You can ensure that your website looks and works great on iPad, and even create new touch-enabled web experiences for your customers, by considering a few specific differences between iPad and other platforms.

If you have access to an iPad, test your [...]