Re: Web/Native: gap analysis

Hi Dom, All,   

On Friday, October 4, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Dominique Hazael-Massieux wrote:

> Hi all,
>  
> I introduced the effort that I led earlier this year on "closing the gap
> with native" a couple of weeks ago:
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-mobile/2013Sep/0021.html
>  
> I mentioned then a gap analysis document that I was aiming to submit to
> the group; I've finally found the time to put it in a shape that I hope
> makes it at least somewhat digestible for the group to review.
>  
> The documents have been put in our github repository:
> https://github.com/w3c-webmob/gap-analysis
>  

I think it's great that you've gone to such length to identify the issues in the platform. However, as it's evident from the breadth of the problems you've identified, there is a ton of research to be done… there are probably a couple of PhDs worth. This is a problem for the IG, as we simply don't have the expertise in the group to try to address every gap identified in the document. Other problems are simply outside the scope of a standardization body (anything UX related). There is a high risk of failure by trying to address every single gap - it will simply take too long and it's just too dynamic a space.     

What might be more effective is to simply pick the top three issues in the platform that we want to tackle as a group. That way, we can focus on fixing high priority items over the next year - instead of trying to solve all the things at once.  

Thus, I would like to propose that we try to fix the following three things:

1. Offline - there is a real risk that Service Workers will not be good enough unless we get it in front of the right people early enough.
2. Bookmarking - we need to make sure that the bits are in place so users can "install" web sites.  
3. Permissions - without a permissioning model for the Web, we can't enable new device capabilities.  

Pushing for the things above would go a long way in helping other WGs succeed - and keeping the platform competitive.  

Kind regards,
Marcos

Received on Monday, 14 October 2013 11:01:35 UTC