Confronted with the currently extremely popular iPhone, its great progress in user experience is unquestionable. However, its lack of support for currently equally popular technologies such as streaming media, Ajax and other Web 2.0 technologies, or even older web technologies like Java and Flash, has placed Jobs in a rather awkward position, and has also left developers feeling quite disappointed.
"iPhone's revolutionary Web 2.0 standards will give developers an amazing development experience, which will help developers create new applications while ensuring the security and reliability of the iPhone," Jobs' bold words still echo in our ears, but the issues with iZoHo and Meebo have slapped him hard twice. The former slapped his left cheek; iZoHo is an online office suite similar to Google Docs and Spreadsheets, but unfortunately, through the iPhone, users can only view documents online without being able to edit them because the iPhone cannot activate its WYSIWYG editor in editing mode. This isn't an issue with iZoHo, but rather a common problem with the iPhone's editor. The latter slapped his right cheek; Meebo is a Web 2.0-based IM client, but the code triggered by the "return" key on the iPhone differs from that of other browsers, causing iPhone users to be unable to send or receive any messages in Meebo...