my thoughs on HTML5

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    @ifeltdave

    I'm going to disagree that mobile is taking over the scene, for one very simple reason:

    Productivity.

    With the sole exception of laptops, both Mac OS and Windows, there's simple no way of being productive with any of the current mobile phones masquerading as computers.

    So far, none of the long-stanging existing productivity suites have been migrated to mobile - and I'm talking about the basics, like Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Adobe CS and the list goes on.

    The reason for this is that it's simply impractical. Imagine trying to work with vectors on a complex beer label job (for example) with your fingers on the iPad. Or trying to code HTML and CSS quickly on an Android device. It simply doesn't work. The form factors and computing power simply prohibits this sort of usage of the devices. For Christ's sakes, I had to jailbreak my 3G just to be able to find a 3rd party app that would let me read a PDF, at the time! (And it wasn't very ergo, reading something that small.)

    First and foremost, these things are phones. Secondarily, they are Web-enabled devices, and they simply don't measure up to the specs of current desktop or laptop machines by any stretch of the imagination. So, your obvious limitations in using these things online is for reading a website, checking email and using mobile versions of popular IM apps, like Skype.

    So long as computers are primarily workhorses and productivity machines (and 3D gaming machines, by extention), mobile Web-enabled devices will be relegated to a gadget that allows you to stop small Web gaps until you can sit down at a real computer.

    Ergo: rumours Flash's pending demise is greatly exaggerated.

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    • Cell phones are for quick communication; not true experiences... Well spoken Continuity...ideaist
    • I think he was referring to internet use. Not design work. Also, MS apps are on mobile.seed
    • yeah i meant more internet / browsing. desktops are w/o a doubt the workhorses in the showifeltdave
    • and i disagree that first they are phones. these days, they are mini-PCs first, phones secondifeltdave
    • Then why is it called an iPhone? :)Continuity
    • i didnt name the POS!! hahaifeltdave
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