alunny's stopgap in gist form

stopgap.js

(function () {
    function deviceready() {
        var e = document.createEvent('Events') 
        e.initEvent('deviceready')
        document.dispatchEvent(e)
    }
    if (typeof PhoneGap != 'undefined') {
        navigator.camera = {}
        navigator.camera.getPicture = function() {
            alert('sorry, camera not supported in the browser: yet!')
        }
        window.PhoneGap = {}
        deviceready()
    }
})()