My First WebOS App – iCuteOverload for Palm v1.0
As a front-end web developer, also a mobile-web developer, the Palm’s new WebOS SDK for Pre sounds very attractive, and I could not wait to create some applications although I am still a iPhone user and haven’t been convinced to switch a service provider.
Then I felt like, I already got this web app, iCuteoverload for iPhone but yeah why not for Pre? So I decide to re-create the same app from scratch. Sure, the existing app is a web app that wrote with JavaScript framework iUI and PHP, does run fine on Pre’s web browser since Pre is based on Webkit browser. However, I wanted to make this app a standalone client with Mojo framework so I needed to code from scratch.
Anyway, here it is, iCO for Palm is now available at PreCentral. The official store is not yet open, so the installing the app may require a bit of geeky skills, but if you happen to be a Pre user and would like to try, follow this tutorial on how to install homebrew apps on Pre for Mac users (And this is for Windows users instruction).
By the way, I keep this app name begins with i, because I already have named so for iPhone and wanted to keep it for consistency. However, in Pre community, this seems to be a pretty bad thing to do. People see me as a clueless Apple fan 
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August 11th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Good for you for getting your app ready for the Pre! Any lessons learned from the experience?
August 11th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
I was first frustrated that I couldn’t even do something simple like alert() with Mojo. It has some learning curve in the beginning but I guess it’s the same on any libraries.
Then once I learnt how to include the UI widgets, I struggled with the user-experience design since Pre has its own navigation design, especially I am not an actual Pre user. I had to change over and over again to make it right. (I still don’t think I did right.)
For example, I ended up removing “Back” button just before the release because Pre users would “swipe left” to go back, not tapping a UI button!
Anyway, it is a fun experience for me, a web dev!
August 11th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
In order to become a mobile-web developer, you need to know more than Mac users, and possess more skill. I have found that the better I get in web browser, the more hands I play. It is some applications itself.
August 14th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
If you went to the trouble of coding a WebOS app then you are clearly not a clueless Apple fan. Anyone who can’t see that is the one who’s clueless. Thanks for taking the time to learn how to do it and releasing your app!
August 29th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
I recently got PREtty Cute Suite, the new name, and it’s great. It even introduced me to a few cute sites I was unfamiliar with.
Would love to see you get a Pre and make more apps. Heck, I would donate to help.
August 29th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Aw! I need to update this blog to introduce the new app! I am such a lousy blogger :-p