Re: My home automation project / software
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:25 am
Hi, airox,
you've done excellent work!
What you mean you "parse a website"? Do you parse the HTML output of the site or you use XML or SOAP service that is provided? I'm not familiar with these weather services.
"I do agree with you that a HTML5 approach is a better approach, but I don't think it would be feasible to create one HTML5 app which can be viewed on multiple devices."
I'm not quite agreed with that. The beauty about standards is that they provide interoperability between products from different companies. HTML5 is the next BIG web standard that is going to rule the world the next 15 years (at least). The current versions of all major browsers already support a lot of the HTML5 specification. HTML5 with CSS3 and JavaScript are powerful enough tools to create desktop-like interface and functionality to a tiny client.
This is how I imagine the perfect HA software:
About the native Android functionality to push notifications. I'm sure there is a way to embed in your Android app a web browser control. The web browser control will render the HTML5 interface provided from the server. The app will handle push notifications too.
Please, tell me do you plan to release this software? If so, how you plan to release it - commercial or open source? I really want to see this software
you've done excellent work!
What you mean you "parse a website"? Do you parse the HTML output of the site or you use XML or SOAP service that is provided? I'm not familiar with these weather services.
"I do agree with you that a HTML5 approach is a better approach, but I don't think it would be feasible to create one HTML5 app which can be viewed on multiple devices."
I'm not quite agreed with that. The beauty about standards is that they provide interoperability between products from different companies. HTML5 is the next BIG web standard that is going to rule the world the next 15 years (at least). The current versions of all major browsers already support a lot of the HTML5 specification. HTML5 with CSS3 and JavaScript are powerful enough tools to create desktop-like interface and functionality to a tiny client.
This is how I imagine the perfect HA software:
About the native Android functionality to push notifications. I'm sure there is a way to embed in your Android app a web browser control. The web browser control will render the HTML5 interface provided from the server. The app will handle push notifications too.
Please, tell me do you plan to release this software? If so, how you plan to release it - commercial or open source? I really want to see this software