Implications of HCI in energy consumption between native and rich-client applications for navigations widgets in tablets

Abstract

The mobile platforms could be classified among those using virtual machine and that not use to run native apps. A native app is developed in a specific way for an specific mobile platform. The Rich-Client Applications are structured multilayer form. Developers and users have the problem of working with the constraints of mobile devices such as the energy consumption. The developers have tried to do usercentered designs. Analyzes have been conducted to justify the feasibility of developing mobile device applications natively or rich-client. This paper presents a comparative study of navigation widget in rich-client applications against native iOS and Android applications is presented. The results presented do not make a quantitative comparison between native iOS and Android applications.