I think this guy must be lurking in our group. Amazing coincidence for the
topic -- Greg
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/how-the-internet-became-a-closed-shop-20121221-2brcp.html
Friday, January 04, 2013 6:37 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: More on cross-platform development
Well said David.
One thing I'd like to add to the conversation though is that I see people all
the time that consider their mobile interfaces as a "low functionality add-on"
to th
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of David Connors
Sent: Saturday, 5 January 2013 9:35 AM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: More on cross-platform development
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 5:02 AM, Katherine Moss
wrote:
I suppose it's a question of who i
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 5:02 AM, Katherine Moss wrote:
> I suppose it’s a question of who is right in terms of the future. I
> have read so many articles that insult .net to the core, and it kills me.
> I’ll never forget the guy who called the .NET Framework and it’s set of
> development tools a
uch of our time is being wasted in this
century?
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 3:33 AM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: More on cross-platform development
I don't think you should try and p
>
> I don't think you should try and port complex business applications to a
> phone, but specific features suit a phone.
>
Dead right! Your salon app is a perfect example. But as progress produces
more smaller and useful devices of various kinds we developers suffer with
more code and app version
I don't think you should try and port complex business applications to a
phone, but specific features suit a phone. For example I sell a Beauty
Salon specific Point of Sale SAAS package. Will I could never imagine
anyone trying to run their whole business from it, my users are crying out
for a mobi
Thank chaps, I've forwarded the bodies of your replies to my colleague.
Ian, I'm certainly aftraid that consumer demand for apps on mobile devices
will result in a dumb versions of sophisticatd applications and will
probably require developing parallel apps. I have some Windows WinForms and
WPF ap
I'm not quite sure I follow Craig - what is missing from Xamarin's toolset
that MS may add? From my experience (admittedly not exhaustive), Xamarin
already have a first class toolkit for cross platform mobile and desktop
apps. Web's not quite where I'd like it to be, but with HTML5 / CSS3 etc
it's
I would love if MS bought Xamarin and created a first class .NET tool for
developing Mobile and cross platform apps. The only problem I can see is
that Apple and Google would try and block it.
Imagine where .NET would be today if MS had executed on cross platform the
> way Xamarin do.
>
>
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:15 PM, BC wrote:
> I think David is on the money Greg.
>
> Have a look at
> http://blog.xamarin.com/eight-reasons-c-sharp-is-the-best-language-for-mobile-development/
> if
> you're interested in Xamarin's view of the cross platform space and C# /
> .NET's fit.
>
Imagine
I think David is on the money Greg.
Have a look at
http://blog.xamarin.com/eight-reasons-c-sharp-is-the-best-language-for-mobile-development/
if
you're interested in Xamarin's view of the cross platform space and C# /
.NET's fit.
Brenden
On 4 January 2013 14:11, David Connors wrote:
>
>
>
> O
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Greg Keogh wrote:
> The former means that the apps will be crippled because HTML5 just can't
> reproduce the rich UI of GDI/WPF or Silverlight,
>
Depends on the rendering engine. Throw this in Chrome:
http://www.htmlfivewow.com/slide1, my jaw dropped at this:
http
approaches on the 'simpler' environments.Rob- Original Message -
From: Ian Thomas [mailto:il.tho...@iinet.net.au]
To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com
Sent: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 12:00:39 +0800
Subject: RE: More on cross-platform development
GregA recent experience with a simple Android application (t
tion in a less
superficial fashion.
As a side issue, isn't Silverlight out the door now?
_
Ian Thomas
Victoria Park, Western Australia
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 11:30 AM
To:
A few months ago I posted a question in here for general advice about
cross-platform development for Windows, Android, iPad and iPhone. I asked
on behalf of a colleague who has a mature sophisticated Windows desktop app
and a simplified Silverlight 4 version. The same chap rang me yesterday in
a b
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