The official Basecamp iPhone app

Post by tomkin » Tue, Feb 12, 2013, 10:02 PM UTC

trustfundbaby wrote: post #50

tomkin wrote: post #32

"Eventually we came to the conclusion that we should stick with what we’re good at: web apps. We know the technologies well, we have a great development environment and workflow, we can control the release cycle, and everyone at 37signals can do the work. It’s what we already do, just on a smaller screen. We all loved our smaller screens so we were eager to dive in. Plus, since WebKit-based browsers were making their…

So glad you posted this, I bookmarked that post exactly 106 weeks ago, and remember it well. especially this part > So we stopped and thought about it for a bit. Do we want to have to hire an iOS developer and an Android developer? That’s a lot of specialization, and we’re usually anti-specialization when it comes to development. I don't mind it when people change their minds about something, its a sign of intelligen…

Post by marknutter » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 2:37 AM UTC

tomkin wrote: post #52

marknutter wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm also confused why the overwhelming majority of HN readers manage to claim that a HTML5/PhoneGap app is inferior to a native one, but then somehow bob and weave when 37signals does the same thing. Confusing! I agree with you there; it is confusing.

This makes me think you may have interpreted my criticism as either PhoneGap or Objective-C bias. For the record, I believe in the right tool for the job , so it does not at all bother me that 37signals went HTML5/PhoneGap/etc. What bothers me is the slight of hand with the principals they are selling. In some broad respects, 37signals is the Oprah of the web biz - I know that sounds nuts, but I do believe that they…