[mythtv-users] MyMote iPhone Remote Control For Mythtv

[James Armstrong]

On May 1, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Chase Douglas wrote:

> On May 1, 2008, at 10:28 AM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>
>> Curious as to why you chose to develop a native app instead of a web-
>> based one that would be useful to more than just the iPhone/iPod  
>> Touch
>> like this one:
>> http://legatissimo.info/node/355
>
> The web-based application is interesting, but there are a few reasons
> why I chose to develop a native application:
>
> 1. I wanted to play around with the iPhone SDK (hey, it's how most
> cool open source apps start...)
> 2. I'm a much better c programmer than web developer
> 3. Though I cannot comment to much, nor can I assume I am correct on
> this, but my belief is that a web app with the same functionality
> would require a lot of AJAX. I have heard that AJAX, while it has been
> abstracted by some libraries, is not as clean an API as a native SDK
> can provide.
> 4. I haven't looked through Apple's documentation for the web apps,
> but my guess is that even if it does support interfaces like the date
> picker and buttons and scrollviews and such that are provided in the
> native SDK, those implementations may only work on an iPhone or iPod
> touch anyways. For instance, how can one provide multitouch inputs
> through a web browser? I'm not sure you could load up Firefox and
> expect to have the same interface and usability for all of the
> elements used.
>
> In the end it mostly came down to personal preference and abilities.
> Of course, I don't mean to compete against any web based
> implementations; hopefully, both will thrive in their own ways.

I'll second that. I use my iphone already to schedule items remotely  
using mythweb. Although it could be optimized for mobile devices, it  
works well. I would like to see a native app that would run faster and  
have a simpler interface that I can connect to on the local network.

- James