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Facebook iOS App Ditching HTML5 For ObjectiveC

Posted by samzenpus on from the goodbye-5 dept.

Wrath0fb0b writes "The New York Times reports that Facebook is overhauling their iOS App to ditch their HTML5 based UI for a native ObjectiveC one. This is an about face from their position a few months ago in which FB said HTML5 would allow them to write once run anywhere. While WORA certainly has a lot of appeal for both programmers (due to desire not to duplicate effort) and management alike (due to desire not to pay programmers to duplicate effort), the large number of negative reviews that FB for iOS has illustrate that this approach is not without drawbacks. No matter how the new app is received, this is more fuel on the native vs. web-app fire."

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  1. Re:Ask any grey beard. by Kenja · · Score: 3, Funny

    What if I build an OS with a native API that runs on the souls of war orphans, but it also has a web browser? What then Mr Beard?

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  2. Re:Ask any grey beard. by armanox · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you can do that I'll be impressed.

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  3. WODE . . . Write Once . . . by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Debug Everywhere . . .

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  4. Re:Ask any grey beard. by prgrmr · · Score: 4, Funny

    if he could do that, I'd pay money to fund the war to produce the orphans.

  5. Re:Ask any grey beard. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you mean bastards. If you really want to do your part to produce orphans ...

  6. Re:Ask any grey beard. by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been dabbling in Objective C. It's... interesting. I regret nothing... well, unless I have those dreams with the brackets. So many brackets! And the garbage! Piling up everywhere! Was it five references or six? Do I feel lucky? What? Where was I? Oh. Yeah, it's OK.

  7. Re:Ask any grey beard. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Bah, he should have used MyCleanPC.