The death of native iPhone apps with one line of code

http://andrebluehs.net/blog/2010/06/coffin-nails-and-native-mobile-apps/

by cont4gious • 16 years ago

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wmeredith• 16 years ago

Title is link bait. They're talking about the HTML code you can put in your header to kill Safari GUI elements.

jaxn• 16 years ago

I was thinking about this just the other day. I was wondering why Google doesn't remove the browser chrome from their apps. I have a spreadsheet that I saved to my iPad and look at daily. It doesn't need browser chrome.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that you almost have to have the browser chrome. If your app has any links outside of your app, there would be no way to get back. This isn't a problem in native apps because external webpages are opened (typically) in modal windows or an external browser.

ebiester• 16 years ago

So, if you go outside the app (any new URL without the meta tag), then the browser chrome returns. It doesn't seem like a problem to me.

bradleyland• 16 years ago

Lack of browser chrome does not a native app killer make.

stcredzero• 16 years ago

Hyperbole

The death of native iPhone apps with one line of code

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