Here's some thoughts for new developers just starting out with iPhone app design...
Because the underlying guts of iPhone apps are based on Web technologies (CSS, XHMTML, JS, Ajax, etc.), it is tempting for a Web developer to come to the iPhone platform and consider the apps that they create as a special, customized breed of Web app. After all, from a technology perspective, that is exactly what they are. However, we need to look beyond implementation. We should have the mindset that we are creating iPhone applications, not Web applications that run on the iPhone. The difference is significant-no, not from a technology standpoint, but definitely from a UI design perspective. On the Web, users expect every Web site/app design to be unique. Developers naturally have embraced that freedom. However, when working on a platform, the user expectations are far different. That's why, in many ways, I would suggest that iPhone applications are far more like Mac or Windows desktop applications than Web apps. Like on their desktop, users will come to expect a common look and feel-whether they work with a built-in Apple app or a third-party Web app. Since we do not have an API that we have to write to, it is up to the developer to understand the unique design needs of the platform and build an application based upon it. (That's why frameworks like iUI can be so helpful.) - Rich --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
