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what the hell is with websites only doing apps now

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    #32
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 82,254 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Well if you're lucky OP they will develop a Windows version of the app.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/apps#Cat=t1


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    #33
    wes
    Registered Users Posts: 11,747 ✭✭✭✭wes


    I am surprised that websites, haven't gone the HTML 5 route instead. Instead of having to target different OS's they could just target the browsers, and use a lot of the same code, with tweaks for each platform (i would hope the tweaks would be minor, but I haven't done any web dev since college).


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    #34
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,061 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    My name is URL wrote: »
    thejournal.ie are worst for it. They aggressively push the app on those browsing from a phone. I've stopped visiting it completely as a result of that and the seemingly endless stupefying slideshows of nonsense.
    firefox has an option to view the non-mobile version of a site.

    What really irks is the apps that do nothing more than viewing the site in a browser would do. At the very lest make sure your app caches the stuff for offline viewing.

    and then there is the whole security of badly written apps issue


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    #35
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Haha




    Posted from a smart phone


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