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Mobile Apps Cross Platform - Webmontag Frankfurt 2009
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Website as "App" • Native
look ok • Well-known technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) super • Access native functionality e.g.: position, contacts, sensors, ... no • Offline not really Wolfram Kriesing, uxebu @wolframkriesing Dienstag, 11. August 2009
What is a W3C Widget?
• Native app on the phone • Not a website! • Can do AJAX, SVG, CSS Transitions, etc. • Has it's own runtime (mostly) Wolfram Kriesing, uxebu @wolframkriesing Dienstag, 11. August 2009
What is a W3C Widget?
• HTML • CSS • JavaScript • config.xml • zip it • rename to *.wgt Wolfram Kriesing, uxebu @wolframkriesing Dienstag, 11. August 2009
Almost for free • Facebook
widget • Dashboard widget • Website widget • ... Wolfram Kriesing, uxebu @wolframkriesing Dienstag, 11. August 2009
Runtimes • JIL Spec http://www.jil.org/
• BONDI Spec http://bondi.omtp.org/ Nokia S60 • W3C Spec http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-api/ iPhone • PhoneGap http://phonegap.pbworks.com/ Android • Nokia WRT http://bit.ly/nokia-WRT-APIs Blackberry • Appcelerator http://www.codestrong.com/timobile/api/ • Google Chrome OS??? Wolfram Kriesing, uxebu @wolframkriesing Dienstag, 11. August 2009
PhoneGap An express goal of
the PhoneGap project is for the project to not exist. Open Source Wolfram Kriesing, uxebu @wolframkriesing Dienstag, 11. August 2009