Hi Bernard, HTML5 isn't for mobile devices only. HTML5 export would allow you to use LiveCode to create really cool websites that might even replace desktop apps in some cases. HTML5 is also great for creating web apps for mobile devices. Besides that, it is useful that we can use LiveCode to create apps that exist locally on mobile devices and that's an advantage RealStudio doesn't have (yet). Wake up: HTML5 already competes with what you call native interfaces. We have arrived there already and RunRev needs to catch up with its competitors (RealStudio, Adobe, and a few others).
-- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.7 for LiveCode here http://qery.us/za On 23 mrt 2012, at 11:57, Bernard Devlin wrote: > But I don't think RealStudio can build for mobile devices like iOS or > Android. The two companies seem to be betting on different futures. > I wasn't particularly interested in the mobile space myself, but > seeing the astronomical growth in that area, I have to think I am > wrong and RunRev were right. > > I recently saw a graph comparing the total sales to date of Macs > versus iPhone and iPad. The latter two had within a few years > overtaken 20 years of cumulative sales. > > I am still not a great user of mobile apps, but from what I observe > with big brand companies, they mostly want their own device-specific > app, rather than just a web app that will run on all devices. > > Whether HTML technology improves to the point that it can compete with > native interfaces is another matter. If that turns out to be the > case, then maybe RealStudios direction will prove sound. > > Bernard > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
