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Although it may sound unintuitive since Objective-C is indeed a bit more cumbersome vs. your average web stack: yes. I do think it is easier in a way to design/
by dikbrouwer 16y ago
Although it may sound unintuitive since Objective-C is indeed a bit more cumbersome vs. your average web stack: yes. I do think it is easier in a way to design/develop apps with a great UI on iOS devices.
The point is not Objective-C, but
1) Cocoa Touch comes with a very well though out UI library that you can use/subclass, and it comes with very specific interface guidelines. I think Apple did a terrific job here. Realize that not all touch devices have great interfaces (some BlackBerry apps for example). It's the iOS apps that tend to be very well designed.
2) A touch interface in general allows different UI elements to just 'work better'. Scrolling a tableview or swiping a carousel window (vs. clicking 'next page' on a website) is a more logical choice on the iPad/iPhone than on a Desktop where you interface with a mouse and keyboard.