[Baypiggies] native GUI vs. web browser

[Alex Martelli]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:56 AM, K. Richard Pixley <rich at noir.com> wrote:
   ...
> mobile devices.  Witness any embedded applications.  Witness the fact that
> web based interfaces are only working on the big name general purpose OS's.

The Palm Pre and Chrome OS are "big name general purpose OS's"?!  Wow
-- I must tell my friends in the Chrome OS team and those working at
Palm (both of the groups still labor under the impression that they're
still-small, if growing, niches, so these news will definitely make
their day).

Re native vs web apps on mobile phones, see
http://daringfireball.net/2009/12/pastrykit  (and many web search hits
on pastrykit -- but Daring Fireball was there first;-).


Alex