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Sencha CEO: Treat HTML5 apps as a programming platform, not a Web page

Emerging mobile application landscape includes Tizen and Firefox OS

By Paul Krill, InfoWorld, 04/29/13

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InfoWorld: What do you think is going to happen with Firefox OS and Tizen?

Mullany: Our early look at Tizen is that it probably has about nine months to go before it's really production-ready. The early versions we saw at Mobile World Congress [in February] were slow and buggy. These are obviously pre-released development devices, so that makes sense. But they have a bunch of work to do before it releases.

The Firefox OS stuff was pretty snappy, and people were very excited about Firefox OS at the show. People were literally falling off the edge of the booth because there wasn't enough space for everyone who wanted to get in and see Firefox OS.

InfoWorld: What do you see from competitors like Appcelerator and RhoMobile?

Mullany: The biggest competitor is just native development. HTML5 today is the No. 3 development platform for mobile behind iOS and Android.

InfoWorld: Do you see that changing?

Mullany: Yes. I see it changing because Android is fragmenting and the device diversity is increasing. We're also seeing a pullback from some customers who have gone the iOS route, who want their code to be long-lived and don't know how long they're going to be on iPads. They want the flexibility of switching over to other platforms in the future, and the notion that they have this massive stranded code base written in Apple native code is not attractive.

InfoWorld: Working with an HTML5 app, they could just move it over?

Mullany: With an HTML5 app, they can just move it over to whatever hardware is the best price-performance and features that year.

InfoWorld: Would you have to tweak the code a little bit?

Mullany: Not if you're using a framework. That's one of the benefits of using a framework, which is we abstract that from you.

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