Thursday 25 October 2012

4D Search by Date Optimised for Tablets

Searching 4D draw results by date on 4D by GIDApp is going to be a lot easier soon. Presently, all we have is a regular Calendar Date Picker tool (in Java Script) with which you could submit a date like '2012-09-29' without having to actually type it in yourself.


This was fine for most people viewing this site on a laptop computer or a desktop, but for those of us who are viewing these same 4D draw results on our tablets and other hand-held gadgets, it was quite a bit of work to get the form filled-in when the (virtual) keyboard slides into view blocking the Calendar Date Picker tool completely every time you try to access the search by date text box.

To make it easier for iPad and other tablet users, I decided to replace this Calendar Date Picker tool and text box with a selector of draw dates from the past. In other words, you just point or click on the date you want to see from the offered list. This works wonderfully for everybody, the tablet users and regular computer users alike.

Simple point-to-click date selector for tablets

I hope this little optimisation will improve the quality of your experience here every time you search for past 4D and other lottery results on your iPads and tablets.

There is a growing number of people using tablets like the popular iPad and Nexus 7 everyday and I am very certain this number will only explode in 2013 and beyond.