Recent announcements from leaders at web technology firms suggest we will see a convergence of platform specific software and web applications in the future. In fact the Chrome OS session at the Google I/O developer conference focused on this very issue, and many executives explored the potential for Android and Chrome merging into a single solution as standards evolve. Even as mobile application development has increased, the idea of a web-specific application store tied to Chrome OS has raised questions among developers as to the future of web standards. While Google continues to develop its native Android marketplace, it is also open to the growing possibilities of Browser-based computing driven by evolving HTML standards.
Today, Microsoft is getting better, both in regards to adding a layer of abstraction between the operating system and the browser, as well as making baby steps towards honoring the HTML standards. However, it is still common for things to work fine in more standards compliant browsers, such as Firefox or Opera, with a number of silly hacks required to get the same styled output in Internet Explorer. Also, both Firefox and Opera have several features that make it easier to look at a webpages HTML and inspect the different elements on its page, as well as analyzing forms, viewing headers, and all the other things a web developer needs to do. So, it is no surprise that most quasi technical people, web developers especially, do not use Internet Explorer.
So What Are My Options There are several web browsers, but Mozilla Firefox and Opera are two of the more popular choices, unless of course you use a Mac, in which case Safari is the default web browser. Opera still lags well behind Firefox, and for that matter most other Browsers, but this is mostly due to people simply not really knowing about it. Personally, I use Firefox most often, as there are several extensions that I use on a daily basis, most notably Firebug, which lets you inspect a pages HTML and debug Javascript. Opera offers something similar, but to me it is just not as useful and easy to use as Firebug is.
HTML5 Since the applications are natively written in HTML5 you can easily distribute an app as well as building a standard web based HTML5 application based upon the technology. Open standards provide much more options for full scale web development when it comes to evaluating potential solutions.
Defining your user license uniquely based upon your needs can allow you to create a free and premium version of the application so you can build an audience by allowing them to enjoy productivity or entertainment, in advance of upgrading to the full solution.
Integrated Analytics Integrated analytics can allow you to readily track the progress of your application installations over time as well so you can understand and reach your user base in real time with updates and offers.
Creating multiple user segments and up-sells uniquely tailored to your audience can allow you to benefit from economies of scale as the marketplace increases over time. As a growing number of users turn to web based operating systems on laptops, desktops and smart phones, your potential audience for the solution greatly increases over time.
Today, Microsoft is getting better, both in regards to adding a layer of abstraction between the operating system and the browser, as well as making baby steps towards honoring the HTML standards. However, it is still common for things to work fine in more standards compliant browsers, such as Firefox or Opera, with a number of silly hacks required to get the same styled output in Internet Explorer. Also, both Firefox and Opera have several features that make it easier to look at a webpages HTML and inspect the different elements on its page, as well as analyzing forms, viewing headers, and all the other things a web developer needs to do. So, it is no surprise that most quasi technical people, web developers especially, do not use Internet Explorer.
So What Are My Options There are several web browsers, but Mozilla Firefox and Opera are two of the more popular choices, unless of course you use a Mac, in which case Safari is the default web browser. Opera still lags well behind Firefox, and for that matter most other Browsers, but this is mostly due to people simply not really knowing about it. Personally, I use Firefox most often, as there are several extensions that I use on a daily basis, most notably Firebug, which lets you inspect a pages HTML and debug Javascript. Opera offers something similar, but to me it is just not as useful and easy to use as Firebug is.
HTML5 Since the applications are natively written in HTML5 you can easily distribute an app as well as building a standard web based HTML5 application based upon the technology. Open standards provide much more options for full scale web development when it comes to evaluating potential solutions.
Defining your user license uniquely based upon your needs can allow you to create a free and premium version of the application so you can build an audience by allowing them to enjoy productivity or entertainment, in advance of upgrading to the full solution.
Integrated Analytics Integrated analytics can allow you to readily track the progress of your application installations over time as well so you can understand and reach your user base in real time with updates and offers.
Creating multiple user segments and up-sells uniquely tailored to your audience can allow you to benefit from economies of scale as the marketplace increases over time. As a growing number of users turn to web based operating systems on laptops, desktops and smart phones, your potential audience for the solution greatly increases over time.
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