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From: Duncan Kennedy on 16 Jun 2010 13:17 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk> wrote: > > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > >> So, in response to criticisms of the "closed" nature of the app > > > store, > >> His Steveness spent a few minutes during the WWDC keynote talking > > > about > >> their support of "open" HTML5 apps. But he gave no examples. > >> > >> Can anyone point me towards and collections of these apps, or suggest > >> any they really like? I don't mean "just a website that fulfils a > > > useful > >> function", I mean sites that can be saved to the homescreen and then > > > act > >> just like native iPhone apps, working without network connectivity > > > and > >> not having Safari's controls bordering the screen. > >> > >> I've found http://mrgan.com/pieguy and http://everytimezone.com (and > > > I > >> suppose iPlayer sorta fits the bill) but are there any others? > >> > >> Do any HTML5 apps take advantage of multitouch or the accelerometer? > >> > > > > > > Read an article somewhere after that demo that the HTML5 apps were > > seriously limited in what they could access and were written for the > > demo and certainly not "Open" in any accepted ense. > > Demo? What demo? > Wish I could remember - something Jobs was showing recently? To showoff how Flash was unnecessary. The apps? Didn't see it but there was comment that it was certainly unfair as it was confined to Safari and didn't work on anything else, I think - so perhaps not apps -- duncank
From: Ben Shimmin on 16 Jun 2010 15:38 Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk>: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: [...] >> Demo? What demo? > > Wish I could remember - something Jobs was showing recently? To showoff > how Flash was unnecessary. The apps? Didn't see it but there was > comment that it was certainly unfair as it was confined to Safari and > didn't work on anything else, I think - so perhaps not apps This one -- <URL:http://www.apple.com/html5/> You know, the one where the demos which `aren't add-ons to the web, they are the web', and we `can start using today', only work in Safari. b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: Duncan Kennedy on 16 Jun 2010 17:28 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk>: > > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > [...] > > >> Demo? What demo? > > > > Wish I could remember - something Jobs was showing recently? To showoff > > how Flash was unnecessary. The apps? Didn't see it but there was > > comment that it was certainly unfair as it was confined to Safari and > > didn't work on anything else, I think - so perhaps not apps > > This one -- <URL:http://www.apple.com/html5/> You know, the one where > the demos which `aren't add-ons to the web, they are the web', and we > `can start using today', only work in Safari. > > b. That's it, thanks. Wasn't hat site but a report on it that I saw. -- duncank
From: D.M. Procida on 16 Jun 2010 18:09 Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk> wrote: > That's it, thanks. Wasn't hat site but a report on it that I saw. I think the men's/women's fashion thread is that way --->. Daniele
From: zoara on 17 Jun 2010 05:21
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk>: >> zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > [...] > >>> Demo? What demo? >> >> Wish I could remember - something Jobs was showing recently? To > > showoff >> how Flash was unnecessary. The apps? Didn't see it but there was >> comment that it was certainly unfair as it was confined to Safari and >> didn't work on anything else, I think - so perhaps not apps > > This one -- <URL:http://www.apple.com/html5/> You know, the one where > the demos which `aren't add-ons to the web, they are the web', and we > `can start using today', only work in Safari. They work in other browsers too; but Apple sniffs for Safari on that particular page (they link to a "developer" page where you can run them in Chrome or Firefox, though). Talk about shooting yourself in the foot! Nevertheless, this wasn't what I was talking about; see my other post in this thread. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |