Web and WebWorks Development

[d_source]

I have a webworks app that runs perfectly fine on OS1 (all versions). I've had a couple people download and try using the same app on OS2 beta (on there playbook). They've told me that the app is now unresponsive right from the first screen. The app is written in HTML5 and there is nothing complicated about it. No reason it should crash. I haven't tested it using the simulator yet, but I plan to do so soon.

Anyone know of any issues that OS2 has with HTML5 apps? It's straight HTML, CSS and Javascript. No libraries, nothing complicated.

Will post more when I do the simulator test.

Thx.

[jeffheifetz]

I have definately seen WebWorks apps running on tablet OS 2 without glitches. When you post testing reesults, could you include the APIs and HTML5 features you're using as well?

[interfaSys]

In my test, I've noticed the following problems:
- Checkerboard appears quite often when loading new panels
- Scrolling/transitions seem to be more sluggish than usual
- CSS Masking breaks at times (needs more testing)

[d_source]

So do we know what the issue is? Is RIM looking into this problem? I'm afraid that when OS2 is released i'm going to have to pull all my apps from app world. I don't have the simulator installed on this machine so I haven't done any testing yet. The app that I've been told has issues has very little CSS, and basic CSS at that (nothing from CSS3), uses webDB and javascript to call info from the DB. The calls are pretty basic. There is some decision making from Javascript as well but again the whole script is pretty short.

I never checked if Ripple has OS2 available to it. That's how i do most of my testing and on my actual device which is running 1.0.8.

[d_source]

Can someone tell me where to go to download OS2 for the simulator? Why am I having so much trouble finding this?

THX

[rtse]

The OS2 PlayBook simulator can be downloaded here:

https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/android/tools/windows/#simulator

[d_source]

Thanks. Downloading now...

[d_source]

I just couldn't get the simulator to work properly. Developer mode never went on and I could not install any apps to it.

Since I had to send in my PB for repairs (broken camera and doesn't backup) I decided to install OS2 on my PB before sending it in. The only thing I found to be sluggish was the swipe down menu. Actually it gets stuck more than is sluggish. The transition doesn't seem to run sometimes (not always). Other than that everything seems to work as its supposed to. I have another transition using the same CSS as the swipe down and that one works fine. So not sure what the problem is. Maybe b/c the swipe down holds more internal elements?