Hi,
On 30 September 2011 18:59, <quim....@nokia.com> wrote:
The trend of using web technologies to cover the "apps" space is clear and
> pushed by many factors e.g. something simple to develop simple features and
> compatibility across the jungle of platforms. I actually agree with it.
>
... but you have to bear in mind that there are only certain occasions where
this is any good (I think WebOS just about got away with it). Recall the
derision Apple met with their first developer engagement on iOS, "here, you
can write web apps". Also, look at the failure of WAC to gain any momentum
with their web widgets. Before that, the failure of JIL to get web widgets
into developer mindshare.
We're in a position where web is great, but only on platforms where there is
a successful web *and* native strategy. (I suspect this might actually speak
more about the maturity and fitness of those platforms as a whole, in that
they are stable enough to integrate good web runtimes and start to hook web
up to that platform to expose the native APIs in a consistent fashion.)
The questionable trend, that is not even a clear trend, is to put all the
> weight in web technologies dismissing the good and powerful native
> environment. Apart from few and very bold exceptions, even the platforms
> that started putting the bets on web ended up opening the door for native,
> and some of them even to "very native". Surely the Tizen architects know
> this and I'm confident (but I don't have more info than you) that they will
> come up with a sensible web/native approach, regardless of the specific
> technologies used.
>
My suspicion is that the "we're web!" cry of Tizen is more about having an
incomplete and unproven native set of APIs that can't be marketed yet; a
desperate grab for third party developers by latching on to "cool"
technologies; being unprepared to announce formally GTK/EFL in place of Qt
(which would surely result in some derision); and a feeble justification for
dropping MeeGo ("Shifting to HTML5 doesn't just mean slapping a web runtime
on an existing Linux"). It's possible it's based on foresight and extensive
analysis of industry trends, but I think given track records in this arena
my suspicions are probably closer to the truth. Always happy to be proven
wrong, though!
Andrew.
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