Salakhetdinov Shamil
mcp2004 at mail.ru
Mon Sep 17 15:08:28 CDT 2012
Hi Jim -- Thank you for your remark on GeoLocation via HTML5 - I was not aware about that... <<< The truth is who would ever build a GPS, OCR or even voice translation system just for desktop installation? Those days are gone and now support of management is done through the browser. >>> I didn't mean desktop - I meant mobile - smartphones and tablets and whatever else mobile widely used gadgets will appear in the (near) future: Quoting Marc Zuckerberg: "Our Biggest Mistake Was Betting Too Much On HTML5" see: http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/11/mark-zuckerberg-our-biggest-mistake-with-mobile-was-betting-too-much-on-html5/ "Over the next 3-5 years the question that's on everyone's mind is going to be how well we do with mobile" see: http://mashable.com/2012/09/11/mark-zuckerberg-post-ipo-interview/ etc. The mainstream tendency AFAIS is that more and more native mobile apps appear even when very useful HTML(5) originals already exist, e.g. I'm using now HTML(5) desktop client to post to AccessD, I'm using HTML5 mobile-friendly version of the same client to read AccessD e-mail while on-the-go, there was first version of that mobile-friendly HTML5 client, which I liked a lot, then they (Mail.ru) released another HTML5 mobile version, which I disliked (they still keep old version alive and I'm using it), and now they have got released a native WinPhone 7.5 mail client, which looks not bad. What for they do that if HTML5 web apps are good, mobile-friendly and useful? Thank you. -- Shamil Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:37:28 -0700 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>: >Hi Shamil: > > I think I have misunderstood you but... > > Of course browsers have access to GPS...look no further than Google maps > (and the other new startups like bing and apple's new offering) Both Apple > and Google offer, far beyond just voice translation but full on-line help > via voice control...and the same with OCR...and VoIP. A client is never > going to pay for some programmer to develop in these diciplines when a > simple mashup of existing and easy to access components can be acquire via > the browser. > > These browsers are basically two componenets, FE and BE supported by a the > currently most reliable communications system ever built. The differences > between the FE and BE continues fade back and forth. > > The truth is who would ever build a GPS, OCR or even voice translation > system just for desktop installation? Those days are gone and now support of > management is done through the browser. > > Jim ><<< skipped >>>