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Re: [85attendees] IPhone app for IETF

"John R Levine" <ietf@johnlevine.com> Wed, 07 November 2012 22:30 UTC

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> Apple's model is broken. I really can't see why any developer puts up with this sort of headache. Maybe it's just a case of "the only game in town".

It's to keep malware, of which there is an enormous amount, out of the app 
store.  If you have a better way to do that than auditing apps, I know 
some patent lawyers who'd like to talk to you.

> OTOH, a native app for IETF makes little sense. Wouldn't a pure Web application be entirely adequate?

Depends.  How much state can an iPad web app cache locally?  Can it run 
entirely from cached info?

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
"I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.

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