With increasing number of organisations that are presenting app offerings, the app space is indeed getting crowded along with blurring lines of differentiation for the users. How does one make a call for balancing native device capacity with restrictions by platform and what impact does this hold for creativity as well skill sets in the developer community? We intend to provide an insight gained during our journey, comparing and contrasting the vastly underrated area of web app development and the increasingly deeper hooks they are providing to native apps within our goals of engaging those already in the museum and more importantly ;bringing the museum to visitors who are on the outside. Originally presented at the Oxford University ICT conference 2013 . http://www.ictf.ox.ac.uk/conference/2013/

1. Web Apps vs Native Apps
Thank you for being here
anjanesh babu
11 July 2013

2. Please…oh please….
WebaApps vs Native Apps
App washing
Bonus reveal
Today…

3. What do we do ?
Education Service
events
the dining room
Permanent exhibits
Current exhibitions
teaching

4. Presence on mobile
2009
2011
2012

5. Drivers for innovation
Wireless Refresh
+
+

6. Going Native
7,75,000
850,000
£££

7. The WebApp way
ü Avoids Vendor locking
ü Rapid Prototyping
ü Instant publishing
ü Platform neutral
ü Desktop friendly UI
ü Run with it !
X Monetisation *
X Underutilization
X No Access to hardware *
X Push notification *
X “feels like cheating”

8. Desirables

9. Roads explored

10. Tools of the trade
Dreamweaver
Notepad++
Smultron
dashcode

11. • Instant prototyping.
• No coding.
• All drag and drop.
• One free project.
• View instantly on devices.
• Unbelievably simple.
Live Demo
Result of 4 minute live demo
https://codiqa.com/

12. Challenges : the web app way
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam
tincidunt rutrum venenatis. Lorem
ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur …
Text is your enemy !
Orient Guide
speeds
Pacify

13. Applications tending to be well designed websites
Mobile Web customized for Desktops
Create more vs code more
The Road Ahead

14. the bonus feature today

15. the bonus feature today

16. The Peak
• CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 8225 1.2Ghz
x2.
• UMTS 850/1900/2100 (3G HSPA).
• GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (2G EDGE).
• Screen 4.3" qHD IPS Multitouch.
• Camera 8 MP (back) + 2 MP (front).
• 4 GB (ROM) and 512 MB (RAM).
• MicroSD,Wifi N, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, Radio FM,
Light & Prox. Sensor, G-Sensor, GPS, MicroUSB,
Flash (camera).
• Battery 1800 mAh.
http://www.geeksphone.com/
Firefox Developer Preview Phone

17. How it stacks up
Home screen
eduroam trial by fire : pass

18. Page rendering

19. Mobile Device
Gonk
Gaia
Firefox OS
Gecko

20. WebApps base
(thanks Greg Jennings ! )
Paths
(thanks Tim and Ted)

21. ?
WebaApps vs Native Apps
How we began

22. How we end
WebApps & NativeApps

23. Not too late
Place your bets.

24. WebApps vs Native Apps
anjanesh babu
11 July 2013

25. Thank you.