Comments on: The Mobile Web vs. Mobile Apps: An Amazon Case Study http://idlemode.com/2008/12/04/the-mobile-web-vs-mobile-apps-an-amazon-case-study/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:05:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ameet http://idlemode.com/2008/12/04/the-mobile-web-vs-mobile-apps-an-amazon-case-study/#comment-67016 Ameet Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:35:43 +0000 http://idlemode.com/?p=232#comment-67016 I've written an article that describes the pros and cons as they relate to developing on the mobile web verus mobile applications... can find it here: http://fivemobile.com/development/mobile-web-mobile-apps I’ve written an article that describes the pros and cons as they relate to developing on the mobile web verus mobile applications… can find it here: http://fivemobile.com/development/mobile-web-mobile-apps

]]> By: msnow http://idlemode.com/2008/12/04/the-mobile-web-vs-mobile-apps-an-amazon-case-study/#comment-67008 msnow Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:28:06 +0000 http://idlemode.com/?p=232#comment-67008 Home screen icon management is the bane of the iPhone. It isn't scalable to only create pages on the x-axis. Why can't we navigate via the y-axis or even z-axis? Or sub-sets of applications? I'd love to put all my iPhone games in a "Games" folder. As for apps vs. websites, there are obvious pros and cons to either. Apps can use the Apple SDK, so navigation is familiar in conjunction with other apps. Apps can also be launched from the home screen, without having to deal with one extra level of click. Apps can also work off-line, unlike websites. Apps don't have the security, memory or technical limitations of the browser. That being said, having browser-based apps also has a distinct advantage... it's one of the only vehicles for multi-screen applications right now, from TV to consoles to PCs to MIDs to mobile devices. Matt Home screen icon management is the bane of the iPhone. It isn’t scalable to only create pages on the x-axis. Why can’t we navigate via the y-axis or even z-axis? Or sub-sets of applications? I’d love to put all my iPhone games in a “Games” folder.

As for apps vs. websites, there are obvious pros and cons to either. Apps can use the Apple SDK, so navigation is familiar in conjunction with other apps. Apps can also be launched from the home screen, without having to deal with one extra level of click. Apps can also work off-line, unlike websites. Apps don’t have the security, memory or technical limitations of the browser.

That being said, having browser-based apps also has a distinct advantage… it’s one of the only vehicles for multi-screen applications right now, from TV to consoles to PCs to MIDs to mobile devices.

Matt

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