Again, more speculation, but the iPhone plays back videos from the
iTunes store so it has to at least have some form of Quicktime...
Yeah. True, but QT video embedded into HTML (which a Widget would be)
is a little trickier.
So, although I think we'll be able to use Dashboard widgets
interchangably, I don't think it will be without some effort; at the
very least bumping up our graphics up to make them viewable on the
iPhone.
How ironic you have to make something bigger for a phone. :-) So UI
differences also since iPhone widgets are "finger" based and desktop
Widgets are mouse based. I assume the full Javascript and CSS engines
in Safari would be in the phone so a Widget written for the desktop
should run fine.
I think we'll probably run into some minor things like switching to
vector png and svg images but otherwise widgets will be a "write once
There aren't any tools to easily make these images now so it may be a while.
run everywhere" kind of thing. Who knows, the widgets may even
It would be nice if there was (for the Desktop) some conversion script
between these "platforms" (Gadgets and OS X Widgets and Vista
Gadgets).
Could Javascript become the next Java?
Michael
On Jan 9, 2007, at 4:21 PM, Michael Stearne wrote:
> Any widgets with video or audio in them are conspicuously missing. I
> wonder if Quicktime is a part of "OS X". That would be a huge deal on
> cell phones (especially in Safari on the phone)
>
> Michael
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