29 Apr
2012
29 Apr
'12
10:02 p.m.
On 28 Apr 2012, at 11:07, Kake wrote:
It strikes me that perhaps in the absence of a native
application, it
might be better to bend our efforts towards (as you've alluded to
before) a more responsive design that works more smoothly on mobile
devices. I feel that the main reason for wanting an app over a
website is when there's a significant amount of stuff you can do
without communicating with the remote server.
For _updating_ an OpenGuide, I can definitely see a use for being able
to enter all the data and then tell your phone to send it when it next
has an internet connection - a good reason to have an app. But for
accessing the data already in an OpenGuide while out and about, would
a significantly more usable website solve most of the problem?
I suspect it would solve a lot of the problem - but web design is not my strong point, so
it's hard to say for sure. :-)
(Not that I'm claiming that native application design *is* my strong point…)
S