Show a little love for the Web Apps

[B-Dizzy]

Native apps are great, but Web Apps can still be cool. I just finished creating "Webapp Store" which is a directory of webapps. (http://webappstore.spwire.com). Cool idea, but even cooler is how after you add this app to your homescreen, you will be hard pressed to realize the app you are running is actually a web app rather than a native app.

 

[BergerFan]

Pretty cool! Needs a better icon if it's gonna stay on my homescreen though.

 

[B-Dizzy]

Pretty cool! Needs a better icon if it's gonna stay on my homescreen though.

well, I am far from a graphic designer, but I created a new icon, maybe this one will work better?

 

[goobimama]

Great effort man! Really nice. Will write about it on Smoking Apples.

 

[DipDog3]

Doesn't work for me.

 

[MotionxxUSxx]

awesome idea. Great job. Hopefully web apps started incorporating the full screen mode code.

 

[vemulasri]

Good idea. This will good for all the apps that do not exist in appstore.

 

[goobimama]

Posted an article about this on Smoking Apples. The App Store of Web Apps.. Leave your comments and feedback to support the developer.

 

[jlake02]

Are there any webapps that aren't available in the appstore? I mean, are there any cool webapp programs that wouldn't pass the Apple SDK?

I've looked around a bit but am interested in people's favorites.

 

[senorian]

Are there any webapps that aren't available in the appstore? I mean, are there any cool webapp programs that wouldn't pass the Apple SDK?

I've looked around a bit but am interested in people's favorites.

I found the ESPN webapp while searching through the sports section of webapps and i'm really impressed by it. I used it all the time during baseball season and now for football and college hoops.

 

[BergerFan]

well, I am far from a graphic designer, but I created a new icon, maybe this one will work better?

Yeah, that's a lot better!

 

[jaseone]

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I get the fail page on my non jailbroken 2.1 iPhone, something must be up with your user agent detection script!

 

[B-Dizzy]

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I get the fail page on my non jailbroken 2.1 iPhone, something must be up with your user agent detection script!

you get the fail page after adding the icon to your home screen? Even with a 2.1 firmware iPhone, you will get the failed page until the application is launched from the homescreen.

 

[londondude]

Brilliant, mac should take this up with you and fully impliment it, sell it to them.

You dont have all the web apps though?

 

[TheSpaz]

You know what's cool about webapps? They run in the background!

 

[TheZimm]

well, I am far from a graphic designer, but I created a new icon, maybe this one will work better?

I could help maybe, I'm pretty decent with photo shop

Zym

 

[BergerFan]

Scrolling in this is like a slideshow. Any way to smooth it up?

 

[B-Dizzy]

BergerFan - The scrolling will be better in the next version, hopefully I will get something up by the end of this weekend.

TheZimm - If you want to create a logo, that would be great, I can't really pay you for it, but I would credit you in the about section.

 

[Almy]

Ok I give up, gonna just have to ask. What's the deal with stand-alone mode? From the searching I've done I'm guessing it's a jailbreak only kind of thing. Or is it actually simple and I'm just overcomplicating it?

 

[Ashyukun]

Ok I give up, gonna just have to ask. What's the deal with stand-alone mode? From the searching I've done I'm guessing it's a jailbreak only kind of thing. Or is it actually simple and I'm just overcomplicating it?

It's actually simple, but honestly something I'd not encountered before this. When you load up the link given on the iPhone in Safari, it'll tell you to hit the '+' button- from there you select 'Add to Home Screen', and it will put an icon on your home screen (with your app icons) that you click on. That runs it in 'Stand-Alone Mode' as I understand it...

 

[TheSpaz]

It's actually simple, but honestly something I'd not encountered before this. When you load up the link given on the iPhone in Safari, it'll tell you to hit the '+' button- from there you select 'Add to Home Screen', and it will put an icon on your home screen (with your app icons) that you click on. That runs it in 'Stand-Alone Mode' as I understand it...

What it really means is that the webapp still runs in Safari, but in fullscreen mode instead of having Safari's GUI taking up your screen space.

 

[Almy]

Interesting. Whenever I click on the icon it just loads the page I originally used + to get it on the desktop. I'll keep trying now and then to see if I'm missing something, but when I run it it doesn't let me do anything other than view that original page.

 

[B-Dizzy]

Interesting. Whenever I click on the icon it just loads the page I originally used + to get it on the desktop. I'll keep trying now and then to see if I'm missing something, but when I run it it doesn't let me do anything other than view that original page.

Stand alone mode was a feature added in the newest firmware "2.1". If your phone/touch has not been updated, it will not work.

 

[Almy]

As it turns out I'm just an idiot. But I think I'll go ahead and blame ATT&T then slink into a corner and hush!

 

[TheZimm]

Speaking of web apps, to the starter of the thread, how do you publish one; in dashcode I created a mobile version of my site(it's really just the RSS feeds but mobile version) and was wondering how to publish it!

Zym