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As much as I'm a proponent of HTML5, the bottom line is that much of the functionality Google might want to provide is not going to be available at the browser/

by dotBen 16y ago

As much as I'm a proponent of HTML5, the bottom line is that much of the functionality Google might want to provide is not going to be available at the browser/javascript layer. Another reason Google has shunned Apple native apps in particular is because of Apple's clear reluctance to accept them given Google's dominant position (case-in-point: Google Voice). If Eric Schmidt is being lined up to become Apple's next CEO then it would be a smart move for Google to pre-empt a more favorable Apple era towards Google

rodh257 16y ago
Do you have any examples of the functionality that is not available to the browser? Specifically ones that would be required by their current web applications? Only one I can think of is offline caching.
- dotBen 16y ago
  Access to dialer and address book (google voice type apps) Access to camera (Picassa, google goggles, etc) ...to name two. Caching, as it happens is available on html5... Gmail for iPad is cached locally.
  - rodh257 16y ago
    They already have native apps for goggles and voice though I don't they, I meant apps that would be affected by this announcement. Reader, etc
loewenskind 16y ago
>If Eric Schmidt is being lined up to become Apple's next CEO Why on earth do people keep expecting this? Apple's success comes from their fantastic design sense and their leading support. Schmidt gets a bad grade in both those areas. Apple has other people already in the company that could do a better job than Schmidt.
- dotBen 16y ago
  I agree, which is why it would make more sense to leave the visionary stuff to folks like Jony Ive and have Eric Schmidt run the company. (Ive is hardly a CEO type) Schmidt's job at Google was to provide "adult supervision" to Larry and Sergey, and keep on top of the executive functions of a publicly listed company. There is no reason to assume he wouldn't do a good job at that with Apple, leaving folks like Jony to be visionaries.

by dotBen 16y ago

rodh257 16y ago

Do you have any examples of the functionality that is not available to the browser? Specifically ones that would be required by their current web applications? Only one I can think of is offline caching.

dotBen 16y ago
Access to dialer and address book (google voice type apps) Access to camera (Picassa, google goggles, etc) ...to name two. Caching, as it happens is available on html5... Gmail for iPad is cached locally.
- rodh257 16y ago
  They already have native apps for goggles and voice though I don't they, I meant apps that would be affected by this announcement. Reader, etc

loewenskind 16y ago

>If Eric Schmidt is being lined up to become Apple's next CEO Why on earth do people keep expecting this? Apple's success comes from their fantastic design sense and their leading support. Schmidt gets a bad grade in both those areas. Apple has other people already in the company that could do a better job than Schmidt.

dotBen 16y ago
I agree, which is why it would make more sense to leave the visionary stuff to folks like Jony Ive and have Eric Schmidt run the company. (Ive is hardly a CEO type) Schmidt's job at Google was to provide "adult supervision" to Larry and Sergey, and keep on top of the executive functions of a publicly listed company. There is no reason to assume he wouldn't do a good job at that with Apple, leaving folks like Jony to be visionaries.