Faster docs for iOS

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15 years ago

A while back I got frustrated with slogging through the ultra slow Apple documentation pages. I kept asking "Why is it faster to lookup the UIView docs in Google than directly on developer.apple.com?" So one afternoon I cooked up this super-simple page to make it quicker to get to the docs:

  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1892875/ios/ios_search.html

Just start typing a class name in the box. It autocompletes for most class names, or you can hit "enter" and it will run a little Google search for you. Stackoverflow answers are thrown in just for grins.

As you can see, this little page is super primitive, but in fact I use it constantly when I'm programming on iOS, just to avoid that molasses-like Apple interface. If anyone feels like expanding on this script or building a better version - please have at it.

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