YES !! Le 4 mai 2010 à 16:56, Richard Gaskin a écrit :
> Kay C Lan wrote: > >> To that I say, let it happen, let market forces play out, let capitalism do >> it's thing. > > Amen. I can't help but wonder if underlying all of this may be that Steve > Jobs doesn't have faith in Apple's ability to deliver an unquestionably > superior experience. > > He writes about how multi-platforms apps -- such as the ones we Rev folks > make for the desktop -- lower the quality of the user experience. > > If that were the case to any degree that mattered, people simply wouldn't buy > our apps, and would instead choose a truly native alternative. > > But in practice I see two factors that support using a "middleware" engine > like Rev: > > > 1. The quality difference is not significant enough to matter to users. > > My Rev-based app got a 4.5-out-of-5 review at not just any mag, > but MacWorld, where the reviewer, editorial director Jason Snell, > knows a thing or two about Mac UI conventions. His review > never mentioned that the text in my tab controls is one pixel > lower than spec. Instead, he lauded its efficiency and ease > of use. > > The language doesn't make the software, the developers does. > You can make sloppy apps in Objective-C, and you can be > diligent with Rev. > > > 2. In many cases, our is the only Mac offering available. > > Many of the apps I make for my clients do not have Mac-native > competitors. Instead, our competitors tell their Mac customers > to run their Windows apps under Parallels or Bootcamp. Few > Windows developers bother to port to Mac -- why double > development costs only to gain an extra 10% market potential? > > If we weren't able to keep our costs down by using a single code > base to deliver to all three platforms, we probably wouldn't > deliver for OS X at all, since we make four to eight times as > much money from our Windows customers. > > But thanks to cross-platform tools like Rev, it's affordable > to deliver for the Mac audience, and even on our worst day our > UX better conforms to the Mac HIG that running a Win app under > emulation. :) > > If we were prevented from using Rev for OS X, OS X simply wouldn't > have some software categories addressed at all. > > Today this may not seem relevant on the iPhone OS with its > 200,000 apps, but over time I think it'll start to become > noticeable, esp. in vertical categories such as those most > Rev developers make. > > > If Steve Jobs believes that Apple can deliver an unquestionably superior user > experience, one that matters enough to drive sales, why not let > cross-platform tools continue to address vertical needs for iPhone OS as they > do for OS X? > > Is he afraid that he'll see on the iPhone what we've all been seeing on the > desktop for years, that it really doesn't matter to end-users what language > is used to make an app as long as it enhances their workflow? > > Is he afraid that Apple won't be able to offer sufficiently compelling > differentiation unless he locks developers into making apps for iPhone OS > exclusively by arbitrarily raising their development costs to the point that > they have to choose between iPhone or the rest of the world? > > > I agree with your statement: > > Let the market decide if Rev apps are worthwhile. > > > > One significant irony in all of this is that Apple already allows one > universal scripting language to be used to make app bundles for iPhone OS, > with access to the accelerometer, GPS, multitouch, and other features common > among modern mobile devices: JavaScript, via WebKit. > > With JavaScript you can use a single code base to deliver apps to multiple > mobile OSes, and you could even make them as ugly as you like, and they'll be > fully compliant with the new license terms. > > If they allow that scripting language, why not also Rev? > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > Rev training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com > revJournal blog: http://revjournal.com/blog.irv > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
