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- Boz0
Nah.. maybe i didn't make it clear.. apps approach is ok.. but it needs to be tailored as a front end.. traditional websites like we have now are going away..
Native apps have their own uses.. I'm not saying they are completely useless..as sometimes you do need native API access for the device's capabilities. But everyone just making everything as a native app and launching startups that do this, investors spending money, when you could just as well just use a url like app.example.com and it will run as a native app on your iPad or iPhone (aka Google stuff). It's a bubble waiting to burst.
I think that having universal apps (such as web apps that adopt themselves to the device) and are written once are the future using web technologies like HTML, JS, CSS and yeah even Flash to create experience without middle-men like Apple for example.
To give a very clean example.. Google TV.. Google TV uses app approach but it is really a front end that's HTML5 (it's still a web app) but it is tailored for TV.. the back end is the important part.. Another similar example is Netflix on PS3.. they've actually used Webkit to build an app that would render HTML5 and webkit stuff and run their app independent of the platform (or something to that extent).
My comments in this regard, which I still stand behind are that traditional websites like we had so far are going away and will be replaced with app looking functionality while still being connected to the internet through APIs and platforms. IMO this is the future.. doesn't mean internet is dead.. it just means we are using it differently by using the best things it gives us (openness, back-end APIs and so on) and making it available on ton of devices without writing 5 versions of the app.
- So you're saying future internet will be websites, only more advanced?
Thanks, great insight Boz :)raf - and yeah.. I'm not a huge fan of app stores btwBoz
- I think I know what you mean and it's ok to change outlook with time. I wasn't buying this "it'll be all apps" though.raf
- Apps are mostly popular because they're a good way to charge people for the same functionality websites have.raf
- it is possible I aligned my view a bit too... I was maybe too harsh saying web is dying..Boz
- Nothing new when you look at it, still client-server model, only the client isn't always gonna be a browser.raf
- So you're saying future internet will be websites, only more advanced?