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by protonfish 4134 days ago
Good point. But I doubt any of my recent cross-browser web apps you would consider non-trival. I have recently only been doing simple wireframed prototypes for UI experimentation (like this: http://chrisbroski.github.io/sketchpad-calculator/) I did write a fancy web app with graphics and animations a few years ago but it was an intranet app targeted to iPhone only.

I know it is possible because I have done it. Sadly, few others have done it probably more because of the FUD surrounding mobile web than for any real reason (the best one I have heard is that mobile web can't handle animations well.) The truth is mobile browsers are better at handling JavaScript and DOM today more than ever, and continue to improve. Maybe today mobile web isn't ready for prime time, but tomorrow will be here soon.

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So really you did not do it? You had one complex app which was not cross-platform and then several experiments, but somehow you extrapolate what is possible and what is not?