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Until javascript can animate at a consistent 60 fps in mobile browsers, the web will continue to have its ass deservedly kicked.
by peterhunt 13y ago
Until javascript can animate at a consistent 60 fps in mobile browsers, the web will continue to have its ass deservedly kicked.
- aboodman 13y agoI don't really believe that this is the issue. Developers are dying for a cross-platform solution for mobile development. If one existed that had complete parity with existing mobile platforms (including integration with OS and distribution model), except with current mobile web's performance, you really think that most developers would continue to just do everything twice?
- austinz 13y agoI'm really not sure I want to see the day that Javascript webapps have the same level of access to system resources (camera, microphone, address book) that native apps now have. Even if the OS asks the user for permissions. Especially considering how broken the permission systems on both major mobile platforms are.
- peterhunt 13y agoPhoneGap is exactly this. The problem is that recognizing touch gestures and animating them in the browser is a non-starter for almost all applications today. If the browser reliably gave JS low-level touch events and animated at 60fps almost all of these problems would go away.
- nwienert 13y agoReact seems to show some promise with this[1][2] [1] http://vimeo.com/79659941 http://vimeo.com/79659941 [2] https://github.com/petehunt/react-touch https://github.com/petehunt/react-touch