Re: The "Presentation" Layer

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan,

There are apps that run in the browser (Safari) on the iPhone. The new apps
you can buy are downloaded and run independently - like Windows executables.
They are written for the OS, not the browser.

Flash was not originally available on the iPhone. I don't think it has been
released yet - at least not back in March 2008.
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/03/21/adobe-backs-off-iphone-flash-statement/

And while a lot of Flash apps are static media, they do read a datastream
and show a Rich UI interpretation. And, they can be dynamic in their
interaction with the user. I don't think, btw, that Flash is the answer - it
is simply a popular Rich Thick UI that is well known.

Trevor




On 7/17/08 2:20 PM, "Nathan Andelin" <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > From: Trevor Perry
> > It seems to me that the "rich client" model is VERY successful
> > in the real world.
>
> All the examples you cited (RealPlayer, Flash, iTunes, Notes) are successful.
> But they deal with static media, mostly.  Even Notes databases tend to contain
> documents and indexes to documents, which are fairly static, and modified by
> one user at a time.  But it makes me wonder about iPhone applications?  Are
> they browser based?  Or do they run inside a plug-in like Flash?
>
> Nathan.
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