Frances,

Yes -- we meant people with a year or so of exposure to mandarin in a university course or its equivalent. A working knowledge of the tones, pinyin and the basics of reading and writing, along with perhaps a few hundred words.

Ralph,

I agree the iPhone/iPad version of Safari isn't ideal for what we're doing. Especially the single-tap to trigger the popups and double-tap to click on links. We've been developing a few iPhone apps to get familiar with the development environment for Apple tools and I'm hoping to put together a dedicated app for both the iPhone and iPad eventually. The iPad isn't technically on sale in China yet, but I've heard nothing but good things about it from Kaiser and Will and the Sinica crew.

Am hoping to pick one up in a few months. If you have suggestions on what you'd like to see in a dedicated app, let us know.