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From: zoara on 15 Jun 2010 08:25 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? -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 15 Jun 2010 08:57 On 15 Jun 2010 12:25:22 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >So, in response to criticisms of the "closed" nature of the app store, Completely tangential to the rest of your post (to which I would have answered "I dunno"), but - http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/04/expensive_malware_appears_for_microsofts_windows_mobile.html I *like* having my apps validated before distribution. Cheers - Jaimie -- "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to use the Net, and he won't bother you for weeks." - Phil Proctor
From: Duncan Kennedy on 15 Jun 2010 11:44 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. Unfortunately I can't remember any details or where I read it - so I could be completely wrong. -- duncank
From: Ben Shimmin on 15 Jun 2010 19:24 Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk>: [...] > 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. Unfortunately I > can't remember any details or where I read it - so I could be completely > wrong. <URL:http://twitter.com/madeupstats/status/14723531148> (This is going to be my default response when anyone at work asks about HTML5.) 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: zoara on 16 Jun 2010 10:26
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? -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |