Web 2.0 Apps and iPhone
Well, the secret is out of the bag. Steve Jobs, today, announced the way to develop third party apps on the iPhone will be through Web 2.0 applications. In addition, primarily, we would guess, to facilitate the testing of such applications on windows, Apple also announced the release of Safari 3 on Windows. This is very clever of Apple because all browsers are not equal and we can tell you that a lot of our development and testing goes into ensuring browser compatibility, having Safari 3 available on Windows will allow windows developers to test compatibility with Safari before deploying to the iPhone.
Of course, 4D developers are now in a great position to be the leaders in getting their applications onto the iPhone. 4D Web 2.0 Pack, today, offers all of the tools to get your data onto the iPhone. We have already scheduled a session at the summit on iPhone applications, with their unique challenges and opportunities.
June 11th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
By releasing Safari for Windows, Apple is also creating an interesting “write once run anywhere” scenario for web application developers.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Scott,
That is true, but if they were looking at that angle they could have simply pushed the Firefox browser. Right now FF has 15% of the browser share and growing.
Anyway I think it is a good thing to see browser competition as it will help spur innovation in a market that was lying dormant for a few years.
June 17th, 2007 at 12:11 am
Safari for Windows is an opportunity to drive iPhone and Mac sales, just as iTunes drives iPod and Mac sales.
Apple would not use Firefox because Apple likes to use what it can develop on its own and control on its own even if it uses open source software. Thus Safari.