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Sorry, but you don't realize how many of us use our iPads to read when there is no Wifi connection around. We can't do that with a web app. I am outraged, fumi
by teilo 16y ago
Sorry, but you don't realize how many of us use our iPads to read when there is no Wifi connection around. We can't do that with a web app.
I am outraged, fuming really. I read my Kindle books on my iPad all the time.
If they do not reverse this, this will all but guarantee that I am switching to an Android tablet as soon as it becomes a viable contender. Honeycomb can't get here soon enough.
- lukifer 16y agoIf it's coded properly, a web app can absolutely store books, as well as its own code, offline.
- blinkingled 16y agoHTML5 localStorage / cache manifest / Offline Web Apps can deal with that perhaps? http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/SafariJSDatabaseGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/iPh...
- teilo 16y agoI did not know about that. Well, let's just hope, then. Still pisses me off.
- pedalpete 16y agosafari supports HTML 5 Storage and apparently there is a 5 mb limitation per url. Looks like most of my kindle books are under 500kb, so that shouldn't be an issue.