Question thread #147

[pauamma]

It's time for another question thread!

The rules:

- You may ask any dev-related question you have in a comment. (It doesn't even need to be about Dreamwidth, although if it involves a language/library/framework/database Dreamwidth doesn't use, you will probably get answers pointing that out and suggesting a better place to ask.)
- You may also answer any question, using the guidelines given in To Answer, Or Not To Answer and in this comment thread.

Comments

Re: This might be a bit long

[denise]

The problem with a mobile app is not just the API -- that is, as you note, technically fixable. The big issue is that both Apple and Google have significantly different content restrictions for what can appear on UGC sites that have apps in their storefronts, and those restrictions are WAY more restrictive than we want to be. So it would basically be a tremendous amount of technical work (both on the API and on the mobile app development front) and also be completely wasted because we wouldn't be able to keep the apps available except through side-loading because we wouldn't listen to their censorship requirements.

Re: This might be a bit long

[pauamma]

That (how to deploy the clients) would have been my 5th point had I not lost track I meant to have one. Dmamn you, attention span.

Re: This might be a bit long

[brickhousewench]

Boo on Apple and Google!

Thanks for replying!