I should have said Google just end-of-life support for IE 7 in Google Apps, include Gmail.
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Chipp Walters <ch...@chipp.com> wrote: > Perhaps it's wise to consider an oft-quoted famous statement by > Wayne Gretzky, "I don't skate to where the puck is. I skate to where it's > going to be." > > Let's count the number of OS'es now in need of support from multi plaftform > IDEs: > > 1. MacOS Tiger, Lion and who knows what previous versions > 2. Windows 7 and soon 8, not to mention 2000, XP and Vista still in use > 3. iOS (iPad and iPhone) > 4. Android and the many different flavors and versions it has for both > phone and tablet. > 5. HP's new WebOS > 6. Doesn't Blackberry have a tablet OS? > 7. ChromeOS and Chromebook > 8. Linux and it's many different flavors > 9. I'm sure I'm missing some > > Now the number of mainstream browsers: > > 1. Internet Explorer (I see where Google just end of lifed support of > it in Gmail and Google Apps) > 2. Chrome > 3. Safari > 4. Firefox > > It appears to me, the browsers are consolidating much quicker than any of > the OS'es. In fact, the OS'es are all competing with each other by > highlighting the differences, something the browsers have to be much more > careful about. > > Assuming HTML5 becomes decently stable and robust AND capable, doesn't it > make more sense to target it as a delivery platform rather than having to > contingency plan for the constantly moving target which the various OS'es > represent? And, that's the real problem with most OS'es today-- they are all > basically the same. Sure, some are prettier, others more safe, but they all > provide the basic same functions. > > In fact, what is more interesting to me is seeing how Apple had to actually > reset OS expectations with the iPad. Let's be honest, the OS on iPad is way > behind in terms of functionality. No true multi-tasking. The interface has > been dumbed down considerably yet see how EASY they are to use. And Jobs > knows that EASE OF USE translates into sales. The first Mac 128 cold booted > in under 30 seconds. My Mac and Windows machines take many minutes. Don't > get me started about how feature creep has ruined countless applications-- > MS Word primary among them. I can get 99% of what I need done word > processing-wise using the MacWrite like GDocs. Adding features on top of > features on top of features is just confusing everyone. > > One thing about Chromebook-- EVERYONE knows instantly how to use it. Turn > it on and it's just a browser. I don't care whether it's Linux, Debian, > MacOS, Windows or your mothers cupcake under the hood-- it just works. > > So, if we focus on where the puck WILL be-- is it fair to say it's headed > in the direction of HTML5 web apps? I dunno, but it is interesting to > consider.... > -- Chipp Walters CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
