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Pre BB10 devices that look like cascades, = most likely HTML 5
Cascades != work on PlayBook OS2 as it stands now05-19-12 11:24 AMLike 0 -
- We asked this question after the session on the notification framework, and the speaker said they were working on a strategy for third party services. It makes sense the notification piece should be finished first, and that bit is still very much in active development as of the Orlando show.05-19-12 06:53 PMLike 2
- On the Alpha there's no change.
There was talk of how the Push capabilities will actually involve the push service on the BB10 device being able to invoke apps through the new Invocation Framework, but they still don't have a background capability figured out.
I no longer expect to see anything in this area as part of the BB10 launch, though that could change over the summer.kennyliu likes this.05-19-12 09:29 PMLike 1 - On the Alpha there's no change.
There was talk of how the Push capabilities will actually involve the push service on the BB10 device being able to invoke apps through the new Invocation Framework, but they still don't have a background capability figured out.
I no longer expect to see anything in this area as part of the BB10 launch, though that could change over the summer.
I have my fingers crossed thoughLast edited by kennyliu; 05-19-12 at 09:40 PM.
peter9477 likes this.05-19-12 09:37 PMLike 1 -
That version is of no real interest though, as it will never be released or used again (from the looks of things).
The new Cascades (version 4 apparently) is built on Qt and will have significant additional functionality. This is the one that we're all waiting for, and in case it wasn't clear yet it is not on the PlayBook and may not be until BB10 is on the PlayBook.
It's remotely possible we'll see a developer beta for the PlayBook with the basic libraries for this Cascades, but I can guarantee if we do it will be about as stripped down as the Alpha is, and of no interest to almost any of the regular users who tried the 2.0 beta. (No apps, no App World, even the Settings menu in the browser is disabled...)app_Developer likes this.05-19-12 09:39 PMLike 1 - If they did indeed worry about efficiency and power usage, wouldn't they want to allow background services as those are less power/resource intensive than minimized apps with GUI windows active?05-19-12 09:52 PMLike 0
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I very much doubt it will happen, as every sign at BB10 Jam was at the time pointing towards the Cascades libraries NOT being available for the PlayBook until BB10. It's possible they're considering some sort of last-minute addition to put those in, but I'd expect that only in a developer beta, not in the main update itself.
I also think they don't actually want users running anything that really looks like the latest Cascades until BB10 is out.app_Developer and kennyliu like this.05-20-12 08:17 PMLike 2 - You probably did read it, but I don't believe anyone has a credible source for that. Until there's more than just a "my sources tell me" (seeing a bunch of those lately), I'd consider it the purest type of speculation...
I very much doubt it will happen, as every sign at BB10 Jam was at the time pointing towards the Cascades libraries NOT being available for the PlayBook until BB10. It's possible they're considering some sort of last-minute addition to put those in, but I'd expect that only in a developer beta, not in the main update itself.
I also think they don't actually want users running anything that really looks like the latest Cascades until BB10 is out.
Peter, I was wondering if anybody asked how different phone BB10 UI will be from the tablet version. If the difference is going to be considerable, will developers have to optimize their apps to run on these two types of devices?05-20-12 08:23 PMLike 0 - I was just thinking that the focus was on a UI optimized for one hand operation (e.g. the Flow and the lower control panel, the right messages/status panel), which is a noticeable departure from the PBOS UI. I was thinking if developers will have to follow some guidelines in that respect.05-20-12 09:44 PMLike 0
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