Morning Fishing

Perfect morning, coffee and a boat.

Bender ensures that I work harder.

Minnesota in a bottle.

When the Apple first released the App Store for the iPhone, the world went abuzz with apps.  Users of BlackBerry and Android were left outside for this party, only sometimes getting a taste of the app world.  Now, the world is different, I’ve given up my iPhone for a Droid X,  yet I still clutch my iPad.  Samsung released, what seems like a popular Android based tablet in the Galaxy.  Blackberry is hoping to cause some waves with the PlayBook.  Google is stating that Chrome OS will be better for tablets than Android …

As you can problem tell, it is all getting very confusing.  As a hopefully mobile software designer, I see a hope in HTML5.  A codie can design a program that will run on all platforms, and additionally can allow a user to offline the program for times without internet access.

Desktop, mobile, or tablet, it shouldn’t matter.  Point your browser to a location, and run your app.  A great example of this is docs.google.com.  I have a collection of documentions saved off into the cloud, I can access them from any device.  The software is able to detect what kind of device I am on, and present me with the best experience for that device.

The best part about going to HTML5 is that a codie can now bypass the App Store approval process altogether.  Timing a release is critical, and if you are stuck in the approval process, you may miss a window.