As for in-house or "corporate" mobile, they seem to also want everything to be web based as well. I tried real hard to get LiveCode accepted for mobile development, but they only wanted a tool that could create secure html5 apps. This was back when LC html5 was only in early planning.
~Roger On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I believe Rick's "Why" here is key to much of what we may be doing over > the next couple years. > > We developers currently find ourselves in a very strange place: > > On desktop, the requests are "Web! Web! Web!" > > On mobile, they're "Apps! Apps! Apps!" > > If the web offers advantages that can't be matched with native apps, why > is this perceived as true for the desktop but not for mobile? > > If native apps offer advantages that can't be matched with the web, why is > this perceived as true for mobile but not for the desktop? > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > > Rick Harrison wrote: > > > Why does the client want to move the project over to HTML5? > > What advantage does he/she think it is going to provide that > > the current setup does not? > > > > Based on the complexity of what you already have going I think > > it could be a very serious waste of time and energy. > > > > It’s easier to just have a website where your users download > > whatever version they need for their computer. One for macOS, > > one for Windows, and one for Unix. If you need mobile versions > > you can create them too. > > > > Trying to convert everything so it all runs in a client’s web-browser, > > and too slowly at that considering all of your animations, I just > > don’t see it. You would be better off knowing you have all of > > LC’s engine capabilities in your app than in trusting something > > that is still listed as experimental - although soon to become beta. > > > > On the other hand if your client has very very deep pockets, and > > isn’t in a rush to get it all done by tomorrow, you could make a > > lot of money struggling with trying to get it all working. > > > > Good luck with whatever you do! > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode