Comments on: Apple’s Safari to Windows is a brilliant move http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/apples-safari-to-windows-is-a-brilliant-move/ Thoughts on technology, marketing and entrepreneurship. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:04:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tom Markiewicz http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/apples-safari-to-windows-is-a-brilliant-move/comment-page-1/#comment-103829 Tom Markiewicz Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:42:20 +0000 http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/apples-safari-to-windows-is-a-brilliant-move/#comment-103829 @Kev - Agreed. I didn't mean to imply in my post that it would be easy or equivalent. I've also already read that Flash will not be supported on launch. I still think giving Windows users the ability to run Safari now allows those developers the ability to test web apps potentially written for the iPhone. Will screen size, network speed, etc. still be an issue? Definitely. But this at least opens the door to a much larger pool of development talent. @Kev - Agreed. I didn’t mean to imply in my post that it would be easy or equivalent. I’ve also already read that Flash will not be supported on launch. I still think giving Windows users the ability to run Safari now allows those developers the ability to test web apps potentially written for the iPhone.

Will screen size, network speed, etc. still be an issue? Definitely. But this at least opens the door to a much larger pool of development talent.

]]> By: Kev http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/apples-safari-to-windows-is-a-brilliant-move/comment-page-1/#comment-103822 Kev Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:34:52 +0000 http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/apples-safari-to-windows-is-a-brilliant-move/#comment-103822 Unfortunately, just because a web app works on Safari, doesn't mean it'll look good or be easy to use on the iPhone. You still have the usual screen size problem that haunts mobile devices even now. It's one thing to zoom in and out of the NY Times. It's quite another to do that on apps that don't take into account the much smaller screen of the iPhone. Try this: resize your browser window to 1/4 your screen, then try using your bank account, blogging site, etc like that all day. Now go the other way. iPhone apps written with custom plugins to access the dialer etc, certainly won't work on Windows or Mac devices. Unfortunately, just because a web app works on Safari, doesn’t mean it’ll look good or be easy to use on the iPhone. You still have the usual screen size problem that haunts mobile devices even now.

It’s one thing to zoom in and out of the NY Times. It’s quite another to do that on apps that don’t take into account the much smaller screen of the iPhone. Try this: resize your browser window to 1/4 your screen, then try using your bank account, blogging site, etc like that all day.

Now go the other way. iPhone apps written with custom plugins to access the dialer etc, certainly won’t work on Windows or Mac devices.

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