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Agree to that. However, given that webkit is the widely used mobile browser, the webkit project should implement something similar asap. This covers a real need
by ristretto 15y ago
Agree to that. However, given that webkit is the widely used mobile browser, the webkit project should implement something similar asap. This covers a real need and its actually kind of baffling why we still don't have those simple apis in the browser already. Given that both big webkit contributors, apple and google, have vested interests in non-browser mobile apps, it's not surprising.
- kalleboo 15y agoGoogle have a vested interest in non-browser apps? What? Why does ChromeOS exist then?
- ristretto 15y agoI believe as long as iOS exists, google will be pushing Android to assert their dominance. I guess that's why they still don't really push chromeOS. (Do any chromeos laptops exist?)
- sciurus 15y agoThere are models from Samsung and Acer. http://www.google.com/chromebook/ http://www.google.com/chromebook/
- tomkr 15y agoI guess the absence of the APIs can't really be both baffling and not surprising, but I agree with your point. Especially Apple will be sad to see it's 30% go, but it has to realize that the app store will still have its place, if only for the discoverability. Web app builders on the other hand can do so much more with these APIs, while circumventing app store rules and pushing updates whenever they want. Perhaps this could be the rise of alternative app stores on the iOS platform as well, that would be awesome. Fingers crossed for Apple implementing this.