Steve Jobs Introduces iPhone Web Apps at WWDC 2007

Bruce Lawson · News · 2 min · 2021 · YouTube title: Steve Jobs' original vision for iOS web apps, WWDC 2007

Why it's here

HN cites it in platform-power and PWA debates as proof that Apple originally wanted the future of apps to be on the web.

What it covers

A two-minute clip of Steve Jobs at WWDC 2007 introducing the plan for iPhone third-party apps as web apps built on Safari and Ajax. It shows the original vision before the native SDK and App Store.