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From what I can tell, a lot of people are a tad confused by the fact that you have to use Javascript to interface with the iPhone.. A lot might think that it's
by palish 19y ago
From what I can tell, a lot of people are a tad confused by the fact that you have to use Javascript to interface with the iPhone.. A lot might think that it's a crippled interface. But Apple can expose every single part of the phone to Javascript. Add in the ability to create an icon on the iPhone that automatically visits a website, and you have, for all intents and purposes, a native application running on the iPhone. So I'm not sure why people feel that it's a crippled platform.
Now, if Apple doesn't expose every single part of the iPhone to Javascript, then that's a little annoying. But then again, I wouldn't want a random web application to be able to take a picture and upload it whenever it felt like.
- Psyonic 19y agoThe only problem with that idea is performance. Javascript the language is not necessarily slow, but almost all modern implementations are. I suppose the saving grace is that multitasking isn't exactly common on a phone, but even still I can see it being a problem. What about games, for example? Anything beyond Sudoku is going to have problems.
- wmorein 19y agoI think the biggest problem with this hope is security -- whatever you expose in the api will be available to any arbitrary web site you visit. They can't expose contacts and other private info without major problems. There might be some ways around this (e.g. asking for permission, trusting certain sites) but it is hard to see how this will be completely seamless as they want the experience to be.