Calling it a myth seems like you are trying to overstress your argument. I think his point is that applications written in HTML/JS will work across devices (granted, with a certain amount of tweaking) but a native Obj-C application is not going to run under Android or any other OS. As with everything in life, there are trade-offs, but adapting an application for different screen resolutions, JS interpreters, etc is not a big deal.
Feel free to wait for 100% HTML5 adoption, but history tells is that it is never going to happen. On Dec 11, 3:28 am, awaybbl <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeff, While it'd be nice to believe that you could write one app for > the web and have it be able to work on all mobile devices, that's a > myth. Browsers on devices are all very different, and the devices > themselves are quite different (screen size, input methods...etc). > Yes, very simple apps could work across several devices/browsers, but > once you start adding javascript, or screen positioning, you'll > quickly find that you'll need different versions of your web apps. > > The encouraging thing is that once HTML5 is supported (100%) by device > browsers, then we might see more cross-browser compatibility. But > until then, it'll still be a challenge to build compelling apps for > various devices. > > On Dec 10, 4:44 am, "Jeff Pickhardt" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think the main advantage of web programming over the native UI is > > that you can make one web app work for various (smart) phones versus a > > particular application for each different phone. > > > The disadvantage is that the browsers, like Safari, don't give any way > > to get some other information like location or acceleration. (The > > browsers aren't as responsive as native apps) > > > One thing I've considered is making an iPhone app that immediately > > launches the website, but passing some extra parameters such as > > latitude and longitude. > > > Does anyone know if this sort of thing has been approved before? > > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:10 PM, awaybbl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've had 15 apps approved using something similar to phonegap > > > (UIWebView wrapped in a native app)... but to be honest the > > > performance is very very slow compared to native apps. Most of the > > > negative reviews I've gotten all revolve around sluggish performance > > > or responsiveness. I have one that uses iUI waiting to be submitted, > > > but the performance is so slow, that I don't think I'll submit it, and > > > I'll try to re-do it in native UI(at least for the UI stuff) > > > > If you want to see the apps, go to iTunes, and search for myHIP > > > > On Dec 8, 5:06 am, Peter Robinett <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Several apps using PhoneGap (www.phonegap.com), which does what you're > > >> proposing, have been approved. > > > >> Peter Robinett > > > >> On Dec 8, 3:37 am, "Mark S." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > What do you mean? You mean like a webclip? > > > >> > On Dec 6, 9:42 pm, markdionne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > My plan is to submit a small stub application to sell on the Apple > > >> > > App > > >> > > Store that will kick off my iUI-based application. > > > >> > > Has anyone succeeded in getting such an application approved? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
