IDEA: New Kinds of Websites

nebagakidnebagakid
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in macOS edited January 2014
What if there were to be an application that was a broswer, yet, instead of downloading HTML it would download plug-ins for the application and they would be like webpages, Let me explain:



Imagine the front Apple page as an application, it would have tabs, buttons, pop-ups, and images. Now, you can put that stuff into a .nib file and add a bit of functionality, and it would work!



\tSounds like a bad idea, yet, for pages that the front page does not change often, all it would have to do is download new images and text.

Some could also use drawers, for online polls and such!



Can it work? The true aqua experience on the internet?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    the g5the g5 Posts: 42member
    all the functionality you've described can be done with dhtml or flash, but without the headache of trying to program an 'app' in place of a webpage.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    Welcome to WebObjects. That's what it does basically. Applications that can be run on many different platforms (a la Java). Maybe M3D Jack or someone with more WO experience can tell you about it.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    scott_h_phdscott_h_phd Posts: 448member
    Yea. It's called Java.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
  • Reply 5 of 5
    undotwaundotwa Posts: 97member
    Java at the moment is too slow on most computers. I stick with pure HTML (No way DHTML) with images on my pages thank you
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