28 Apr
2012
28 Apr
'12
11:07 a.m.
On Fri 27 Apr 2012, Stephen Jolly <steve(a)jollys.org> wrote:
Whenever I use an OpenGuide (and that's generally
RGL right now)
from a smartphone (which is the usual way I access it), I think
"this is a faff" and start designing an elegant native application
interface in my head.
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?
Kake