I know I’m way late to the game here, but I just watched the video of the Apple event where you announced iPhone OS 4.0. It makes me want multitasking, it makes me want folders, and I was really impressed with the sample ads that you showed for iAd.
Regarding iAd:
If those things were made with HTML5, why haven’t I seen a single example of an HTML5 page that has that level of polish and interactivity in the real world? I want to. I really do. But, alas, I have not.
You made a point of mentioning on more than one occasion that the ads and the widgets in the ads were “very easy” to make. Are they based on templates that someone (Apple?) is providing? If not, I call bullshit on that one. I know you are bent on making Flash seem like the worst thing on the planet and you want people to think that HTML5 has been carried down from heaven by God Himself, but please stick to facts.
You do realize that not every one of the thousands of iPhone developers out there is also a top notch HTML5 developer, right? Cocoa Touch/Objective-C and HTML5/JavaScript/CSS are totally different skill sets. The chunk of iPhone devs who (A) know HTML5/JavaScript/CSS well enough to make a top-notch iAd ad and (B) have the aesthetic sense to create an interactive ad that doesn’t look and act like poop is probably very, very small. Point being, I have no idea why you tried to draw a straight line from iPhone developer to iAd developer.
Love,
Erik
P.S. The iPad is, in fact, a very nice product. Thanks.
Dear Steve
I know I’m way late to the game here, but I just watched the video of the Apple event where you announced iPhone OS 4.0. It makes me want multitasking, it makes me want folders, and I was really impressed with the sample ads that you showed for iAd.
Regarding iAd:
If those things were made with HTML5, why haven’t I seen a single example of an HTML5 page that has that level of polish and interactivity in the real world? I want to. I really do. But, alas, I have not.
You made a point of mentioning on more than one occasion that the ads and the widgets in the ads were “very easy” to make. Are they based on templates that someone (Apple?) is providing? If not, I call bullshit on that one. I know you are bent on making Flash seem like the worst thing on the planet and you want people to think that HTML5 has been carried down from heaven by God Himself, but please stick to facts.
You do realize that not every one of the thousands of iPhone developers out there is also a top notch HTML5 developer, right? Cocoa Touch/Objective-C and HTML5/JavaScript/CSS are totally different skill sets. The chunk of iPhone devs who (A) know HTML5/JavaScript/CSS well enough to make a top-notch iAd ad and (B) have the aesthetic sense to create an interactive ad that doesn’t look and act like poop is probably very, very small. Point being, I have no idea why you tried to draw a straight line from iPhone developer to iAd developer.
Love, Erik
P.S. The iPad is, in fact, a very nice product. Thanks.