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Why the iOS jail? I can think of plenty of cases where it'd be useful to have this, even on a desktop... I know it may be 'designed' for iOS and mobile screen

Why the iOS jail? I can think of plenty of cases where it'd be useful to have this, even on a desktop... I know it may be 'designed' for iOS and mobile screen formats, but it seems to me a seriously bad decision not to have a 'show it to me anyway' button, along with a disclaimer that it (might) be broken on $platform... And saying 'fork it' for an issue this trivial is not a great way to promote yourselves.

benschwarz 15y ago
Well… its built as a demo, and we learnt a lot from it. I'm sure we could add a button to show it on devices that wouldn't experience what it was 'designed' for… but really, we open sourced it to share some of the things we learnt along the way—not pour time into testing over various fragmented devices.
- Huppie 15y ago
  I understand your sentiment (I'm not the one voting you down) and I hope you do understand where we are coming from. The whole idea of 'using HTML5 for an app' is based on the notion that 'that way all HTML5 supporting devices should be able to use it'. Which is the one thing you missed. I think the idea of the app is awesome, and it's good that we can read the source. It's just a bummer that I can't use it in its current state.
  - benschwarz 15y ago
    Yeah I understand your angle here… for us it was about building a comprehensive application, and given the time (and budget) of a real world project–we'd have made sure it was squeaky clean on Android too.
    - jlgosse 15y ago
      "not pour time into testing over various fragmented devices." If this is what people would have to do, why would anyone do that over native?
kolber_ 15y ago
Technically it should work on Android (I believe we were testing against v2.2). What version are you running? I think the main blocker with opening it up for desktop is having to design a more appropriate layout. Not impossible, just time-consuming. And as Ben says, it is intended as a tech demo.
- angus77 15y ago
  It works for me on Android 2.2 on my HTC Desire (nicely, too!), but doesn't even pretend to work on any browser on my laptop.

benschwarz 15y ago

Well… its built as a demo, and we learnt a lot from it. I'm sure we could add a button to show it on devices that wouldn't experience what it was 'designed' for… but really, we open sourced it to share some of the things we learnt along the way—not pour time into testing over various fragmented devices.

Huppie 15y ago
I understand your sentiment (I'm not the one voting you down) and I hope you do understand where we are coming from. The whole idea of 'using HTML5 for an app' is based on the notion that 'that way all HTML5 supporting devices should be able to use it'. Which is the one thing you missed. I think the idea of the app is awesome, and it's good that we can read the source. It's just a bummer that I can't use it in its current state.
- benschwarz 15y ago
  Yeah I understand your angle here… for us it was about building a comprehensive application, and given the time (and budget) of a real world project–we'd have made sure it was squeaky clean on Android too.
  - jlgosse 15y ago
    "not pour time into testing over various fragmented devices." If this is what people would have to do, why would anyone do that over native?

kolber_ 15y ago

Technically it should work on Android (I believe we were testing against v2.2). What version are you running? I think the main blocker with opening it up for desktop is having to design a more appropriate layout. Not impossible, just time-consuming. And as Ben says, it is intended as a tech demo.

angus77 15y ago
It works for me on Android 2.2 on my HTC Desire (nicely, too!), but doesn't even pretend to work on any browser on my laptop.