Re:BlackBerry 10 is Going to Have the Best Web Browser of An...
by nodemaker on Friday November 09, 2012 @06:01PM
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In five years, native apps will be much better too. So it would require HTML5 apps to not only be better than native apps from now but also native apps from the future to be considered as cool. I dont think this a very good bet since in the end the browser itself is a native app!
Re:BlackBerry 10 is Going to Have the Best Web Browser of An...
by ams6110 on Friday November 09, 2012 @07:46PM
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This argument has been made in every generation of thin-client vs. fat-client technology for the past few decades. We still have both, and probably always will: each has its strengths.
Re:BlackBerry 10 is Going to Have the Best Web Browser of An...
by uzusan on Friday November 09, 2012 @06:05PM
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Having just finished writing a phonegap app (or Cordova as it is now known), this makes me much less likely to want to use BB10. I've only used Cordova on ios and android (simply because blackberry has such as small percentage of the target it is not worth the investment).
Native apps are much nicer and easier to code, regardless of the platform. And don't even get me started on the mess that is trying to use JS frameworks such as Jquery mobile to actually do something useful. Such as facebook or twitter integration.
Cross platform app development is a good ideal but none of the current platforms can do it in a way that isn't a horrendous pain.
Converting a mobile webapp to BB10 to native app takes merely few hours. BB10 supports Phonegap out of the box (their dev tools have simulator for it). They have their own version of something very similar to Phonegap but a little richer. You can port any Phonegap app to BB10 and use their JS API's for deeper integration.
BB10 is RIM betting on HTML5 for native apps as well. If they can optimize the experience nearly as good as native Java apps - this could be the next tide. You gotta look at the future where developing for 5-6 platforms would be a pain. Microsoft is betting on similar approach for Windows 8.
Win is at the next tide - not the one that Apple rode 5 years ago.