[dba-Tech] FYI: Moving to "nirvana": if Microsoft were to shift to WebKit, you can thank Opera.

 Hi Jim --

That's a good article, thank you for the link. AFAIU it states that web apps (HTML5/CSS/Javascript) and hybrid apps will be the majority apps in the future. I'd still doubt they will - as IMO they will always be following some distance behind "A Whole New World Of Mobile Markets: Cars, Photos, TVs, Wallets And More" (http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/16/which-markets-are-too-crowded-too-early-and-just-right/).

BTW, MS Web Browser Control Automation/DOM API interfaces represent an advanced option to develop hybrid apps.

Thank you.

-- Shamil

Воскресенье, 17 февраля 2013, 18:06 -08:00 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>:
>Hi Shamil:
>
>Here is a thoughtful discussion on HTML based applications versus native
>applications:
>
>http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2013/01/23/html5-vs-native-mobile-app
>s-myths-and-misconceptions/
>
>Jim
>
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>to WebKit, you can thank Opera.
>
> Hi Jim --
>
>OK, you say: "Browser based applications will be a majority in the future", 
>and I say: "Mobile and desktop applications will be a majority in the
>future".
>In both cases we're talking about UI/UX parts of applications with their
>server/cloud/web services/distributed workflows/... parts running outside of
>front-end devices.
>
>Thank you.
>
>-- Shamil
>
>
>Суббота, 16 февраля 2013, 18:26 -08:00 от "Jim Lawrence" < accessd at shaw.ca >:
>>Hi Shamil:
>>
>>I am not judging your opinions I am just noting the trends.
>>
>>Browser penetration will never be ninety nine percent of the market but it
>>will be the majority of it. Of that I have no doubt.
>>
>>OTOH there will still be a many small niche markets available and these
>will
>>be there for sometime. If you are doing well in a particular discipline
>>there is really no reason to abandoned it...in fact some of the less
>>competitive business areas might be more stable and profitable. 
>>
>>In fact...I make money from a market so small that in the event of my real
>>retirement, the companies I service would be in a serious position...there
>>is probably not a dozen specialized techs like me in the country. I fully
>>plan to move all of the clients to a more standard platform before I take
>>that year long holiday. ;-)
>>
>>Jim
><<< skipped >>>
>>
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