The most amazing feature of this, that I have seen NONE other app do, is the changing icon.
Install the app, and change the colors. Then, close the app. Its icon's colors have changed to reflect the color theme change.
HTML-based weather app
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#42Wonderful! I love these beautiful minimalist UX experiments. Especially when using open technology such as HTML5. Any info on how you built all the really nifty animations? Used any tool to get it just right?
Re: HTML-based weather app
#43The design is beautiful! This would make a great native app - Which I only say because HTML5 on iOS seems a bit choppy for such nice animations. It's unfortunate to find such snark for something which I'll bet took a lot of effort to do. It makes sense for an HTML app to be friendly to all devices, and probably that is something to aim for. Obviously has room for improvement, but I think we (myself included) can all…
Yeah totally. I think he did a fantastic job. All of the transitions and functionality and design is gorgeous. Agreed, it was a little confusing with the home screen issue in the beginning, but I totally get why he did it, and after a few seconds everything was working like it should.
Really great work.
Re: HTML-based weather app
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think the snarky checklist is necessary and am pretty saddened you've got upvotes for merely stating the obvious in such a derisive way. We don't know the context in which the creator made this, and who is to say that just because something is written in HTML you have a God-given right to be able to run it in your desktop browser. I hope more apps like this do appear and push e.g. Android to sort out their ho…
Which homescreen integration would that be? With the exception of having the chrome (URL bar) hidden by default, Android can add webpages to the homescreen and treat the tile like a native app, already. It isn't so much that we should be able to run it in our browser, it is that the author is intentionally looking for iOS, with the site added to your homescreen. Had the title been "HTML5 Homescreen App for iOS" I thi…
>> With the exception of having the chrome (URL bar) hidden by default...
Yeah that's one pretty major problem that shatters any illusion of feeling native on Android.
The other problem is that the ability to add to homescreen is not particularly obvious to users and most probably aren't aware it can be done:
>> Create a bookmark via the menu, find it in the bookmark list, long-press on it, and tap "Add to home screen". [1]