Still doesn't work on a 3270 terminal. What about people using Charlotte or Lynx?
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostSilverlight is used by Netflix, which is kind of a big deal. However I don't think it's a tech I'd look at learning, it's clearly not going that way... unless you make it a niche.
Yes you can still create silverlight apps but as they won't work in window 8s default mode whats the point.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostStill doesn't work on a 3270 terminal. What about people using Charlotte or Lynx?Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by eek View PostIts also dead and has been since MS announced its plans for windows 8 see InfoQ: Microsoft has Abandoned Silverlight and All Other Plugins in Metro IE
Yes you can still create silverlight apps but as they won't work in window 8s default mode whats the point.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostThe BBC appear to have stumbled across Bruce Lawson's presentation without realising it's a parody: Leveraging HTML 5.0Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostWhy code apps for different device and device and software versions when a capable web app will run on just about anything?
Thankfully we've got frameworks like PhoneGap, which allow you to develop apps in HTML + JavaScript while offering a cross-platform JavaScript API that allows access to the sensor hardware and OS services, so you can write an app once then compile the code for all the different platforms without changing it. Everything ends up looking like a really lazy port from iPhone, but it's way better than developing the same crummy app in Objective C, Java, C# and C++.Comment
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Originally posted by bitplane View PostThe first reason is, unfortunately fashion. Apps are ever-so-trendy nowadays and everyone's got to have one to compliment their corporate Twitter and Facebook accounts. The app stores themselves are a valuable source of new users, a near-free advertising channel that has the potential to draw in hundreds of thousands of muppe^H^H^H^H^Heyeballs. So until the app stores start listing web links, the trend is unlikely to change. I can't see Apple doing this, but maybe Google will (they have on the desktop).
Thankfully we've got frameworks like PhoneGap, which allow you to develop apps in HTML + JavaScript while offering a cross-platform JavaScript API that allows access to the sensor hardware and OS services, so you can write an app once then compile the code for all the different platforms without changing it. Everything ends up looking like a really lazy port from iPhone, but it's way better than developing the same crummy app in Objective C, Java, C# and C++.Comment
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Originally posted by bitplane View PostThe first reason is, unfortunately fashion. Apps are ever-so-trendy nowadays and everyone's got to have one to compliment their corporate Twitter and Facebook accounts. The app stores themselves are a valuable source of new users, a near-free advertising channel that has the potential to draw in hundreds of thousands of muppe^H^H^H^H^Heyeballs. So until the app stores start listing web links, the trend is unlikely to change. I can't see Apple doing this, but maybe Google will (they have on the desktop).
Thankfully we've got frameworks like PhoneGap, which allow you to develop apps in HTML + JavaScript while offering a cross-platform JavaScript API that allows access to the sensor hardware and OS services, so you can write an app once then compile the code for all the different platforms without changing it. Everything ends up looking like a really lazy port from iPhone, but it's way better than developing the same crummy app in Objective C, Java, C# and C++.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Been various platform independent web based solutions for apps for a few years. Forget the name of the one I tried, but it crashed my PC. Maybe it's improved since, might have a look at that PhoneGap.
PS Hey that looks pretty simple!!! On android anyway! Android browser supports javascript anyway supposedly. Presume this gives control of various phone features from it.
http://phonegap.com/start#androidLast edited by xoggoth; 8 May 2012, 21:51.bloggoth
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