marc (marcn) wrote, @ 2007-06-18 01:26:00

QuickTime + Quartz Composer = alternative iPhone development?
The iPhone obviously appears to include QuickTime support, and you'd have to assume this includes Safari playback — obviously MP4/AVC files will be supported by the iPod functions, but will a QuickTime Plug-in, or equivalent, allow Safari to handle common QuickTime formats, and higher-level QuickTime functionality?

...and given the fact that QuickTime can offer interactivity via Sprites, HREF Tracks, and SMIL, and of course the ability to play Quartz Compositions, it seems that there may be another path to interactive development for the iPhone.

Oh, and of course there's WebKit's growing support for AJAX/XHR, JavaScript performance and SVG that could come into play (eventually), esp. in light of the 160dpi display...

Of course there are a lot of loose ends in all of this, and a lot of questions remain unanswered, but these are at least some interesting facts for interactive developers to consider.

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