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Sidenote: I should share this to everyone who tries to get me to join their "$1b idea" companies and the ones willing enough to follow that article might actually get somewhere.
(I am not 100% how bitcoin works, but that's how I read it)
These guys didn't stumble upon to something new, it's been there since the early days of the iOS App Store.
The fact is, I am a webos developer and have been asking for this feature since 2009. It's been in webkit for the longest time and Palm have said they'll add it in, many times and never have. Major let down.
Yet you can't even do css background gradients. Real cutting edge.
In all reality, thats business. A company that was driving only a few thousand dollars of revenue a month isn't all the important compared to the ones probably doing 10-100x that. :|
Their API's available to the browser extensions are basically just opengl related.
I think its all fine and dandy that they have semi-rewarded me with some free advertising, but as a developer, I really only care about writing a killer app and if there is no way to do certain things, or making me write a C++ browser extension just to properly cURL data, well its just not worth my time.
Being able to phonegap applications will help their count, but most developers know, those apps never feel purely native and the apps typically are extremely low powered, unintelligent apps.
I think that accounting for all that might be more of a recipe for disaster. Poor usability and a lack of strong apps, except for the occasional game (written in C++ as a browser plugin so they can opengl).
Good luck in your endeavors!
Looking for Kernel Developers, Linux Systems Developers, PHP/UX Developers and a GD/UX Lead.
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If the JS engine is crazy fast and the DOM renderer blows, it won't make a bit of difference, unless it's purpose is as a server technology.
Since this all side stuff, after my 9-5 job, I'm very picky on what I take in, since I like to work on products that I have 'real' input in.
I now have to purchase Ventolin, which is no different medication wise, just the inhaler is different.
and they are still working apparently