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I'm somewhat conflicted about the claim that there's no apps. It seems that the JooJoo was meant to be one of the first devices to think of the browser as the o
by asnyder 17y ago
I'm somewhat conflicted about the claim that there's no apps. It seems that the JooJoo was meant to be one of the first devices to think of the browser as the only necessary gateway to your apps. If we take the browser and web apps into consideration the JooJoo has access to thousands of apps.
I personally think it's wrong to suggest that a "native" app is the only form of app for a device. We were moving forward so nicely until the iPhone and iPad showed up. It feels that we're moving backwards, back into the land of the fat clients and desktop. Sad.
- elblanco 17y agoI think people forget that the iPhone was originally supposed to be an app-free environment (at least for 3rd parties) and instead rely on web apps.
- pohl 17y agoThat's an extraordinary claim, given that it's more likely that the secretive & perfectionist Apple might have merely been quietly finishing and documenting the SDK, only using the web apps story to placate developers and buy time.
- elblanco 17y agoBlast from the past. http://www.tuaw.com/2007/01/10/apple-vps-confirm-no-3rd-party-iphone-apps/ http://www.tuaw.com/2007/01/10/apple-vps-confirm-no-3rd-part...
- pohl 17y agoMisdirection is a part of their secretive nature. They don't telegraph their punches. Instead, we hear Jobs say that they can't think of what one would do with a tablet beyond reading on the toilet and that people don't read anymore.
- krainboltgreene 17y agoWeb apps, in my opinion and experience, don't compare to the native apps of the iPad/iPhone. Native apps look better, feel better, and perform better than web apps on the iPhone/iPad. This idea that the browser will be the window to all apps is silly and unfortunate. If it does work out, people are forced to write applications with three parts: * HTML * CSS * Javascript * Any serverside language Instead of a single language that they're very familiar with. While I don't agree with Apple's choice to choke the amount of languages I really dislike this idea that the future of applications is 4 languages, 3 of which you don't have a choice with.
- asnyder 17y agoI agree, if you had to write in 4 languages that would be terrible. Fortunately there are frameworks like NOLOH, http://www.noloh.com http://www.noloh.com that allow you to develop in ONE language for the web, instead of the 4 you mention. Disclaimer: I'm a co-founder of NOLOH.
- krainboltgreene 17y agoBeing forced into 1 language (PHP) is not the answer. I find it also quite disingenuous to say "allow you to develop in ONE language for the web" when you really mean "develop in a PHP framework". Consider me seriously unimpressed.
- ekiru 17y agoHow do you feel about Javascript? Objective-J? Why not try using Node.js for the server and Cappuccino for the client? That's a webapp with need of only one-ish(does Javascript and Objective-J count as one language?) language.
- krainboltgreene 17y agoI've been through this discussion before on here actually: I'm not much of a JS fan and I don't think "Javascript on both sides" is an answer either.
- zmonkeyz 17y agoFrom what I remember the iphone was originally not intended to have an SDK or an app store. Thanks to everyone demanding an SDK and jailbreakers (possibly) you now have the monster that is the app store and a lot of bellyaching going on. :P Luckily you can still develop for the web and the browser will be happy to access your app. No app store needed. :)