Joe Hewitt
American software developer who co-created Firefox and created Firebug, and built Facebook's first iPhone app and the Three20 library.
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Their wordsThe Web is not HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It's not DOM, SVG, WebGL, PNG, or Flash. The Web is really just HTTP over TCP/IP.
↗What the Web is and is notweb.archive.org 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsHyperlink traversal matters. The Internet being global and decentralized matters. HTML does not matter.
↗What the Web is and is notweb.archive.org 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 11 months earlier
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Their wordsThere is no doubt that Android is the most open of all major mobile operating systems, and they are to be commended for this.
↗Android and open sourceweb.archive.org 1st of 2 in this piece
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Android succeeded only because Google gave the carriers nearly everything they asked for.
Their wordsIt's clear to me that the only reason Android has enjoyed so much success is that Google has given the carriers pretty much everything they could ask for
↗Android and open sourceweb.archive.org 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 9 months earlier
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Their wordsI felt strongly that all Apple needed to do to revolutionize computing was simply to make an iPhone with a large screen.
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Their wordsIn my mind, this is one of the best features of the OS. It makes native apps more like web apps, which are similarly sandboxed, and therefore much more secure.
- 2 months earlier
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Their wordsHowever, the moment the middle man monopolizes the means of distribution, he becomes a gatekeeper, and creators can be made to fail not by the merits and popularity of their products, but by the whims and short-term interests of the gatekeeper.
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Their wordsIn short, the mobile web needs better tools, better standards, and better browsers, and it needs them fast, before the only technologies that matter are the ones controlled by the gatekeepers.
- 3 months earlier
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Their wordsI have only one major complaint with the App Store, and I can state it quite simply: the review process needs to be eliminated completely.
↗Innocent until proven guiltyweb.archive.org 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe fact is this: Apple does not have the means to perform thorough quality assurance on any app. This is up to the developer.
↗Innocent until proven guiltyweb.archive.org 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsI'd rather have a bug in the wild for one day than have an app in the review queue for two weeks.
↗Innocent until proven guiltyweb.archive.org 3rd of 3 in this piece