Here`s one appleEvent speech I genuinely found really inspiring. "you can write amazing Web 2.0 and Ajax apps that look exactly and behave exactly like apps on the iPhoneYou don`t have to worry about distribution: just put them on your internet server"
For me its not what they are doing its the dishonesty in it. They know its wrong and still defend it. Just tell it like it is iOS is a closed system. We will dictate and change on a whim third party and user needs. dont think differently.
Because that worked on the Desktop? Or on Android? Firefox is barely making a dent there, all other competition is Chrome. None of the options are attractive, and the dream scenario does not work, not on the desktop, not on mobile.
I mean that is all possible on Android and I am still not hearing about those amazing web apps. And if Apple was not gatekeeping Safari on iOS (as much as I dont like that) we would have lost the open web to Chromium even more already (and Im not sure I hate that any less).
but "the most modern web standards" address bluetooth with the Bluetooth Web API and notifications are covered with the Push API. But I guess that safari will never adopt these.
When I tell the young ones at work about this, they just roll their eyes and roll me back into my closet. Thank you for finding this!
That appleEvent speech felt like a turning point: a successful company really betting on the open web. And now, you can "express your individuality" by choosing two brand new colours! But, for the web, any colour you want, as long as it`s webkit/ black. Oh yeah fair point, you can just make them *look* like native apps ;)
I mean... That was also a thing back in 2007, they even had an IDE you could use for this. I forget what it`s called but it was basically their version of Dreamweaver but for iPhone specifically. Still *technically* true though.
14 years later: a browser ban that allows only badged webkit skins. No better version of webkit allowed on iOS: only the buggy, hamstrung one that Apple allows. Only Safari can add a webpage to home screen. And security holes left open. Such a waste. run securely on the iPhone so they don`t compromise its reliability or security And guess what: there`s no SDK! if you know how to write apps using the most modern web standards, to write amazing apps for the iPhone today." Wow. Imagine!
I agree. On the other hand, he was also the one that nixed that idea a year later.
