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This has been discussed to death, but I'd like to add an approach that I haven't seen brought up before. An HTML5 app/site can be a great MVP. You can build an

by GBKS 14y ago

This has been discussed to death, but I'd like to add an approach that I haven't seen brought up before. An HTML5 app/site can be a great MVP. You can build and iterate quickly and even launch it first as a mobile web site. Once you're happy with everything, you can use PhoneGap to turn it into apps. And later you can always build platform-specific native apps. It won't be the perfect experience at all stages, but it can be a more appropriate process for smaller teams. Plus, you can reach a large audience very quickly.

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barking 14y ago
And there was an article yesterday about samsung developing their own platform, a new one from blackberry and one from the makers of ubuntu. If they take off who could afford native versions for all those in addition to android, iOS and windows phone?
- lucid00 14y ago
  A funny thing about that notion. Blackberry OS, Ubuntu and Samsung Tizen all treat web apps as first class citizens providing JavaScript APIs to access native functions. (Chrome OS, WebOS, Firefox OS, and Windows 8 also do this and I think Windows Phone 8 does too)
ozgung 14y ago
I totally agree. If you are developing an app for a corporate customer Native may be the obvious choice. But for the purposes of an early stage startup a Web app has so many advantages that it becomes not a matter of choice anymore. From a startup perspective what you really need is testing and validating ideas, trying different things and maintaining the growth as much as possible. Even using things like Phonegap or app store distribution becomes an obstacle for that purpose. Besides, we don't even prefer native applications on our PCs anymore. MS Office is undoubtedly superior to Google Docs but most of us rarely run Word in these days.
- rimantas 14y ago
  > Besides, we don't even prefer native applications > on our PCs anymore. Who are those "we"? For the last couple of years I am using desktop apps to access Gmail…
  - babebridou 14y ago
    ...and I use my gmail accounts to feed my Thunderbird. I hate having to sign out/sign in every time I need to switch from personal to professional google account.

by GBKS 14y ago

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barking 14y ago

And there was an article yesterday about samsung developing their own platform, a new one from blackberry and one from the makers of ubuntu. If they take off who could afford native versions for all those in addition to android, iOS and windows phone?

lucid00 14y ago
A funny thing about that notion. Blackberry OS, Ubuntu and Samsung Tizen all treat web apps as first class citizens providing JavaScript APIs to access native functions. (Chrome OS, WebOS, Firefox OS, and Windows 8 also do this and I think Windows Phone 8 does too)

ozgung 14y ago

I totally agree. If you are developing an app for a corporate customer Native may be the obvious choice. But for the purposes of an early stage startup a Web app has so many advantages that it becomes not a matter of choice anymore. From a startup perspective what you really need is testing and validating ideas, trying different things and maintaining the growth as much as possible. Even using things like Phonegap or app store distribution becomes an obstacle for that purpose. Besides, we don't even prefer native applications on our PCs anymore. MS Office is undoubtedly superior to Google Docs but most of us rarely run Word in these days.

rimantas 14y ago
> Besides, we don't even prefer native applications > on our PCs anymore. Who are those "we"? For the last couple of years I am using desktop apps to access Gmail…
- babebridou 14y ago
  ...and I use my gmail accounts to feed my Thunderbird. I hate having to sign out/sign in every time I need to switch from personal to professional google account.