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TizenConf: Pitching HTML5 as a development framework

TizenConf: Pitching HTML5 as a development framework

Posted May 10, 2012 6:42 UTC (Thu) by djc (subscriber, #56880)
Parent article: TizenConf: Pitching HTML5 as a development framework

If they're going to go the HTML/JS route for apps, might as well join Mozilla on B2G...


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Another change of course

Posted May 10, 2012 11:51 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

Exactly my thoughts. What are the differences with the OpenWebDevice, how compatible will the applications be, and why should users care?

Above all, why bother re-orienting a platform which has changed directions a hundred times before, and chasing another set of tail-lights for a few cycles before deciding on a new target? And they complain that there are few developers, because mysteriously people don't trust them. Odd!

Another change of course

Posted May 10, 2012 16:37 UTC (Thu) by Aissen (subscriber, #59976) [Link]

With regards to B2G, maybe the common point is that they are both
> part of the W3C's new Core Mobile Web Platform Group
http://coremob.org/

As long as they agree on standard APIs…

TizenConf: Pitching HTML5 as a development framework

Posted May 11, 2012 13:07 UTC (Fri) by n8willis (editor, #43041) [Link]

I don't think agreeing on W3C web APIs should be conflated with "joining B2G." The runtimes are different (perhaps very different), and when the web runtime is the entire platform, that's a big deal.

Nate

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