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2010-04-19
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2010-04-19
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The FIFA World Cup App thread sparked a thought in my head, and I'd like to know what others think.
I was a bit taken aback by the enthusiasm for the proposed app. My feeling was that it would be just as easy to have a web page or RSS feed that provided the same information, and that this was preferable because of the much larger user base.
When I look at the iPhone, people are paying good money for apps that provide nothing better than could be got for free on the web.
I am not trying to say that apps are a bad thing.
But aren't we* making worse for ourselves* by focussing on single-purpose apps that run on one OS.
* Not sure who "we" are. The world, I guess.
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2010-04-19
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2010-04-19
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2010-04-19
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2010-04-19
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If you know anyone that has a blackberry try using the Facebook app and then realistically tell me it is not a million times better than going to the facebook page on N900.
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2010-04-19
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2010-04-19
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I just use the normal facebook & twitter website in the browser, seems to work fine. I don't know what all the fuss is about with people who are dying to get an "app" for that. Same with sports scores or whatever, there are many websites for this purpose, SMS alerts, RSS feeds and so on.
Not all websites work well in the N900's screen size but it seems like most of them are okay. I wish you could increase the canvas size, though... so wide sites like talk.maemo.org would work properly
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2010-04-19
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I was a bit taken aback by the enthusiasm for the proposed app. My feeling was that it would be just as easy to have a web page or RSS feed that provided the same information, and that this was preferable because of the much larger user base.
When I look at the iPhone, people are paying good money for apps that provide nothing better than could be got for free on the web.
I am not trying to say that apps are a bad thing.
But aren't we* making worse for ourselves* by focussing on single-purpose apps that run on one OS.
* Not sure who "we" are. The world, I guess.