> > So, although `errgen` can work on a desktop, the goal of the `errgen` > platform is NOT that it is `Cordova for the desktop`; that's something > else. This would just be something you could happen to use on a desktop. > It would obviously also work on a mobile device. >
I might have misunderstood the purpose of the port in the grand sense. Anyway, it is a good idea for instrumentation and tooling then. :) Regards. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Patrick Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:19, Roland Avelino <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This is what I would like to see as well with PhoneGap in the future, to > > support the desktop platform as a form of a mobile platform since there > > still exists a large number of devices in the netbook/ultrabook form. > > > > So, although `errgen` can work on a desktop, the goal of the `errgen` > platform is NOT that it is `Cordova for the desktop`; that's something > else. This would just be something you could happen to use on a desktop. > It would obviously also work on a mobile device. > > > > Does Cordova really need to remove the native-ness functionality and opt > > for the framework to _just_ work in a desktop browser? Perhaps, we could > > support/opt to utilise HTML5 features like Geolocation/Storage (which > > already exists in Cordova). But, how will we support browsers that do not > > provide the HTML5 features, through poly-fills? > > > > Is there a future for Cordova to support the Desktop platform with most of > > it's Mobile _native_ features supported, e.g., Geolocation, Storage, > etc.? > > > > I guess I sort of see that there are many possibilities for `platforms` > here, all specialized to do different things. It wasn't really my > intention to build a Cordova platform that ONLY EVER GENERATED ERRORS. It > was just a tactical decision to make the implementation easy. But after I > did it, I happened to think - "Ya know, it might actually be useful to test > your app on a 'platform' that only ever generated errors". > > Having 'Desktop' versions of Cordova clearly make sense to someone, since > some of that work was done back in the "old PhoneGap days". I don't think > the "use native versions of accelerometer/geo/etc" is really any different > here than on the mobile platforms though - of course, for production, you > want to use the native versions as much as possible and not even have > Cordova code in the code path. > > -- > Patrick Mueller > http://muellerware.org >
