Hi Ken, First of all, the definition of native isn't entirely clear to me. There are over 500,000 apps in the iTunes store, no matter whether they are called native.
Second, a significant share of those 500,000 are HTML5 apps! It is difficult to say how many, but since there are approximately 30000 apps on Phonegap Build and Build contains only a small part of all apps built while Phonegap takes account of only a part of all HTML5 apps, I'd say that more than 10% of the apps in the iTunes store are HTML5 apps. This is a very careful estimate. HTML5 isn't a panacea but definitely important and a great solution for me. -- 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 12:46, Ken Corey wrote: > > Web apps (HTML/CSS/jQuery) are not a panacea. > > I speak as one who has written a large web app (desktop publishing, aimed at > HR departments: docrobot.co.uk). > > When they work, they can provide outstanding qualities (no installation > needed, quick to deploy, low maintenance, quick to update, etc). > > However, they are brittle, dependant upon fluctuating browser technology, > firewall technology, always being online, rely on device/O.S. features being > expressed in a browser, etc. > > There are cases where web apps make sense...and if you find a niche like that > more power to you, but I cannot believe that native apps are going away any > time soon. > > The iOS situation makes that abundantly clear. Web apps are significantly > esier to write than native apps for many tasks. You can deploy them without > Apple having a word to say about them. Thanks to Apple's WebKit efforts they > look and work remarkably well...and yet... > > Apple says there are over 500,000 native apps > (http://www.apple.com/iphone/built-in-apps/app-store.html), with over 10 > billion downloads. > > How many folks are clamoring for web apps? > > -Ken > _______________________________________________ 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
