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27.8.12

Facebook Kisses HTML5 Goodbye With Rebuilt iOS App


Facebook has released a new version of its iOS app, one that the company rebuilt from the ground up using Apple's Xcode integrated development environment (IDE).

In doing so, it got rid of HTML5, on which the previous version of its iOS app relied.

The move to native iOS has sped up the app's performance, Facebook stated. While HTML5 allowed the social network's devs to leverage much of the same code across iOS, Android and the mobile Web, among other things, it wasn't especially fast.

"There's a real preference for native apps due to performance and the ability to access native features on the device," Michael King, director of enterprise strategy  at Appcelerator, told TechNewsWorld.
"There is likely a disillusionment phase for HTML5 where the technology behind some apps may get reworked in native platforms," remarked Al Hilwa, program director, applications development software, at IDC. "Anyone who thought that HTML5 was a panacea for mobile development is probably reconsidering that."
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