I’ve now incorporated the Web Apps into the main Apps List, assigning them to their own category (Web Apps) in the process. In fact, here’s a shortcut to just the Web Apps.
What are Web Apps and why are they different than regular apps? They are web-based apps that run in Safari rather than something that needs to be downloaded from the app store and installed. In the Apps List, when you click on the links for a Web App, Safari will open and you will automatically directed to that site which you can then bookmark or add to one of your home screens (to give it an icon like an regular app).
Many web sites have mobile versions, but my criteria for listing something as a Web App is that it must be styled or optimized for the iPhone. For example, if you point your iPhone’s web browser to http://weathermeister.com/ you’ll find that our friends at Weathermeister have provided us with a page that is optimized for the iPhone’s screen. In fact, the AviatorApps news feed (which you are reading right now), contains an iPhone optimized style that will display only when accessed from the iPhone.
As always, let me know if you have any comments or suggestions.
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