On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:13 PM, markdionne <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A bit of Googling seems to indicate that at least one of the new
> Blackberry phones also uses WebKit.
>
> Has anyone tried any iPhone web aps on the new Blackberries?

No but my brother just got a Storm.  Will have to try it out.

>
> On Dec 11, 12:52 pm, "Michael Stearne" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The app I am working on works pretty flawlessly on both iPhone's
>> WebKit and Android's (On G1) WebKit. The only issue I see is that the
>> animations DashCode uses are ignored and there are issues with using
>> the glass buttons that DashCode creates. I use HTML 5 client side
>> storage also.
>>
>> The platform is the same on both phones, WebKit.  The wrapper may be 
>> different.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:45 PM, davidroe <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > 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?
> >
>

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