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On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How does HTML5 work for apps that are stored and run entirely on the
client?

A very good question and one that has incrementally become possible as
HTML/CSS/Javascript have matured.  Take a look at everything going on with
HTML5/CSS3 to learn more.

http://w3schools.com/html5
http://w3schools.com/css3

Aaron, thanks for that.

...  That is one aspect that
PhoneGap gives you.  In my perspective PhoneGap is basically a modified
webkit-based browser engine that allows Javascript to make calls into the
native functionalities of a mobile device (which is what keeps you from
having to write Java or Objective-C).  It comes complete with callback
mechanisms and registering for services (i.e. GPS location call backs).


two warning messages go off when I read this. First, webKit was the
basis for HP's WebOS. And HP has just shutdown WebOS. And calling down
to the native device is a suspect in my mind as a vector for viruses
on the device. Better I think to have a fully functional OS on the
handheld device, where all the apps are siloed and can't get at the
other apps.

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