There is little I hate more than a "tablet optimized website". The whole point of putting a desktop class browser on the tablet was to render the "real web", not a dumbed down version.
This is very true, especially if the "optimized" version doesn't offer critical functionality found in the desktop version. Page elements which hover over other content or reposition after scrolling also translate poorly.
You're right, apps aren't really suited to stores due to Apple's cut, but perhaps they are better for most things. So the web will survive but become mostly store fronts?
Apple takes a cut only on digital items used directly on the iDevice. Otherwise, I doubt eBay or the Amazon store would offer the ability to buy items.
p.s. I think MS sold their Apple shares some time ago.
Last I remember, MS sold those shares 2005 or 2006!
How people STILL hold onto information that's seven years out of date, I don't know. It's like complaining about the iPod mini's scroll wheel interface in an era of the iPod nano with its touch screen. The shares were purchased about the time Windows ME was released, so talking about Microsoft buying Apple shares is really digging up some old bones, technologically speaking.
Apple Store app, iTunes, Amazon, Target, Walgreen's, The North Face, REI, CVS, Starbucks, Groupon, Fandango, AMC Theaters, etc.
Not to mention all the other apps that replace web pages. Apple is app-ifying the web.
The browser is a relic of the 20th century.
I think an app for when a site is best at is generally a regression. Rather than building one site, you need to make four apps (Mac, Windows, iOS, Android), and I don't think it really benefits anyone. And what if their internal search engine is bad? Another way "in" with a site to find a specific page or product is to use a search engine if you have a web site. External search engine access to a database hidden behind apps prevents this.
There is little I hate more than a "tablet optimized website". The whole point of putting a desktop class browser on the tablet was to render the "real web", not a dumbed down version.
Agreed ... the only thing they need to change is removing anything dependent on Flash of course.
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Oh no - iPad dropped from 96% to 89% on a chart - Apple is doomed, DOOOOOOOOOMED, start selling off your shares of AAPL now.
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Originally Posted by chabig
There is little I hate more than a "tablet optimized website". The whole point of putting a desktop class browser on the tablet was to render the "real web", not a dumbed down version.
This is very true, especially if the "optimized" version doesn't offer critical functionality found in the desktop version. Page elements which hover over other content or reposition after scrolling also translate poorly.
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Originally Posted by lightknight
1- App means you pay 30% to Apple on digital goods, right?
2- So the Web is dead, the open world is gone, Microsoft won through it's Apple investment instead of Internet Explorer?
Wow, I'm impressed! Still dragging that "Microsoft saved Apple" BS around, eh?
And as for Microsoft representing the "open" world... no.... that's off-topic. We won't go there.
Apple takes a cut only on digital items used directly on the iDevice. Otherwise, I doubt eBay or the Amazon store would offer the ability to buy items.
Last I remember, MS sold those shares 2005 or 2006!
How people STILL hold onto information that's seven years out of date, I don't know. It's like complaining about the iPod mini's scroll wheel interface in an era of the iPod nano with its touch screen. The shares were purchased about the time Windows ME was released, so talking about Microsoft buying Apple shares is really digging up some old bones, technologically speaking.
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Website design? How about making an app for your store.
E-commerce? There's an app for that.
Apple Store app, iTunes, Amazon, Target, Walgreen's, The North Face, REI, CVS, Starbucks, Groupon, Fandango, AMC Theaters, etc.
Not to mention all the other apps that replace web pages. Apple is app-ifying the web.
The browser is a relic of the 20th century.
I think an app for when a site is best at is generally a regression. Rather than building one site, you need to make four apps (Mac, Windows, iOS, Android), and I don't think it really benefits anyone. And what if their internal search engine is bad? Another way "in" with a site to find a specific page or product is to use a search engine if you have a web site. External search engine access to a database hidden behind apps prevents this.
Agreed ... the only thing they need to change is removing anything dependent on Flash of course.