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Its a stretch to say its a framework, or at least it is in the context in which I meant framework. But I didn't make that clear and it seems to be too late now.
by greendestiny 17y ago
Its a stretch to say its a framework, or at least it is in the context in which I meant framework. But I didn't make that clear and it seems to be too late now. For the record I think crossplatform application frameworks are unlikely to ever become de facto standards because they generally use a subset of features of the platform and non-native widgets. In fact that's Gruber's problem with them in the article - but he ignores that that should make them nothing for Apple to fear.
- dirtyaura 17y agoI totally agree that cross-platform app frameworks never become de facto standards, because adding an extra layer of abstraction between native UI widget APIs usually dumbs down the user experience. However, cross-platform frameworks that don't try to replicate platform's native UI experience, have been and are successful, mainly in games. And Flash can be seen as a one and by far the most succesful contender in that space. After HTML/JS that's it.