John Haro’s Blahg |
posts from a technologist and ne'er-do-well |
My prediction: Google will take over small business applications, mid sized business applications, and find ways to knock Microsoft out of of the 'enterprise'. Microsoft had better turn the ship more quickly, its going to get left behind.
I've said many times before, that I think the answer to this questions is YES. I'm not anti-android, i just foresee the challenges that prevented widespread linux adoption or the difficulties that make releasing *good* versions of Windows so seemingly unlikely.
If I had purchased a Droid I would have been pissed when the Nexus (os 2.1) came out right after, and I'd be even more pissed when Google started offering cool new apps that didn't run on my brand new Droid.
As a mobile app developer, you have to seriously consider this fragmentation before you invest time and money in developing your application. This fragmentation means a fragmentation of your customer base.
I think you should build a compelling experience purely in open standards based technology (HTML). Then if you really want to, you can put a flash layer over it. But the only reason i can think that you'd really want to is to support 'old browswers'. So... the future for flash websites is to become part of the past.
**thanks for the link http://www.byteengine.net/
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I am a software designer turned suit, occasional low-rent photographer, and as a friend once said a "sarcastic mother @#$@r". I can sleep soundly through any team sporting event but I'm passionate and politely opinionated about music, technology, and many other less valuable topics.
