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Anyone else notice that within a year, you'll be able to write cross platform html5+js apps that run Black Berry, Windows 8, WebOS, Android and iOS? If this be
by iamelgringo 15y ago
Anyone else notice that within a year, you'll be able to write cross platform html5+js apps that run Black Berry, Windows 8, WebOS, Android and iOS?
If this becomes the standard, like I suspect it will, one of the biggest losers will be companies that run big app stores.
- pornel 15y agoIt's not HTML+JS, it's HTML + JS + vendor-specific bindings + vendor-specific packaging & signature. At best you'll be dealing with another fat abstraction layer with same kind of annoying small incompatibilities that plague(d) web browsers.
- DougWebb 15y agoAnd yet web browsers support a far larger world of applications than .NET has. Consider that every website is essentially an independently-developed HTML-based application; do you think there are more of them than there are .NET-based applications? Those small incompatibilities may be annoying, but they're a small price to pay for the otherwise easy development and broad reach of the HTML+JS+etc platform.
- pilom 15y agoI believe that abstraction layer is currently called PhoneGap.
- teyc 15y agoThey can be quite different. For instance, HP WebOS uses additional attributes to turn DIVs into Buttons. I've no idea what MS is going to come up with.
- cageface 15y agoThe greater the diversity in the market, the more appealing HTML5 becomes. It's bad enough supporting two platforms but 3-4 is going to push a lot of shops to the browser. Unfortunately, both Apple and Microsoft have significant incentives to make sure the browser experience is always inferior to a native app.