Re: Mobile, Web and Multi-device

Thanks Dan for grounding the issue!!

+1
El 18/09/2013 17:02, "Appelquist Daniel (UK)" <
Daniel.Appelquist@telefonica.com> escribió:

> Hi all – one more opinion to add to the pile:  I think what we are talking
> about when we talk about the "mobile web" and especially "mobile web
> applications" is increasingly web applications that execute on "devices" -
> distinct from "computers" in that they are usually constrained in some way
> or serve a more limited purpose (appliance-like) than a general-purpose
> computing device. Mobile devices and tablets are good examples of these.
> Televisions and set-top boxes are others though definitely not mobile.
>
> When we talk about the purpose of this group being "to accelerate the
> development of Web technology so that it becomes a compelling platform for
> mobile applications and the obvious choice for cross platform development,"
> what is the context? Compelling compared to what? Obviously, we are talking
> about the rise of native apps and app stores, which have become the de
> facto way to build and deliver applications and services on these types of
> devices. This is the context we are working in. What I am saying is that we
> should not get into an academic debate about the meaning of mobile or
> mobility. Rather, we need to ground the work of this group in the context
> of this clear and present danger to the Web.
>
> Dan
>
> From: Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente <jsmanrique@gmail.com>
> Date: Wednesday, 18 September 2013 15:34
> To: "public-web-mobile@w3.org" <public-web-mobile@w3.org>
> Cc: Web and Mobile IG <public-web-mobile@w3.org>
> Subject: Re: Mobile, Web and Multi-device
> Resent-From: <public-web-mobile@w3.org>
> Resent-Date: Wednesday, 18 September 2013 15:35
>
> I really like your last sentence...
> " It's just about doing regular life stuff on a range of different
> devices, but with the Web as the platform"
>
> +1
> El 18/09/2013 16:14, "Marcos Caceres" <w3c@marcosc.com> escribió:
>
>> On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
>> > On 18/09/2013 11:53, Jorge Rumoroso wrote:
>> >
>> > > "Mobile web" is the web that it is created (or adapted) to be used as
>> > > soon as the user need it, in multiple context and multiple devices
>> (with
>> > > or without any capability and with some enviromental handicaps), not
>> > > when the user is in an specific situation of place and device.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > So it's the *content* and services that are mobile, rather than the
>> > devices. I like that redefinition.
>> >
>>
>>
>> Agree. This has little specifically to do with phones, tablets, etc. It's
>> just about doing regular life stuff on a range of different devices, but
>> with the Web as the platform.
>>
>> --
>> Marcos Caceres
>>
>>
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