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> If you made an "app browser" that allowed better searching (type the first letter and the app appears --- tap to open it) The iPhone has this. Just swipe rig
by angrycoder 15y ago
> If you made an "app browser" that allowed better searching (type the first letter and the app appears --- tap to open it)
The iPhone has this. Just swipe right on the home screen.
> and easy navigation between apps
On the iPhone, double tap the home button and you get a taskbar of your running apps.
> Why couldn't Apple allow mobile web apps to be sold in the app store? It's an icon that opens a web page. It could be as simple as that.
Phonegap allows you to bundle a html/javascript webapp as a native iPhone application. There are even hooks in there to access the camera, gps, etc.
- jbail 15y agoGood points on iPhone. I've used PhoneGap and it's great, but that's not exactly what I'm getting at. I'm thinking of a mobile web app that doesn't have to live inside a webview wrapper. This could happen someday when the OS provides a JavaScript API for accessing camera, gps, etc --- and could use the html manifest as a means for "downloading" the app. This would, in my ideal dream world, also allow the app publisher to make app changes at will without waiting for an appstore review.
- Animus7 15y ago> This would, in my ideal dream world, also allow the app publisher to make app changes at will without waiting for an appstore review. This is the main reason it won't happen; app store review is one of the key parts of Apple's positioning.
- slaven 15y agoYou can save any website to the Home screen as an icon, and you can even remove Safari chrome from it. You're just giving up app discovery through App Store.