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Standardization comes from the framework. Just like apps (mostly) have similar button elements, tab views, etc. "Channel apps" can also have similar UI elemen
by brianpan 15y ago
Standardization comes from the framework. Just like apps (mostly) have similar button elements, tab views, etc.
"Channel apps" can also have similar UI elements, the same way to go back to "home", there can be a unified way to switch channels, etc.
- tomkarlo 15y agoReuse of widgets doesn't constitute useful standardization. And content producers don't tend to want to standardize their interfaces - they want to differentiate from their competitors, not resemble them. Will these apps publish their metadata in a way that third party apps can access and manage the content? Imagine if we had "reader apps" instead of web sites that you could scrape or grab RSS feeds from... it would be like the old AOL / CDROM days.
- brianpan 15y agoUm, yeah, I don't think we're going from broadcast/cable we have now to something like the web sites with RSS feeds. If by standardization, you mean open standard, that's not happening.
- tomkarlo 15y agoThere's already options that are at least closer: iTunes, Amazon VOD, Youtube, etc.