It really is pretty much a slideshow. Even if you write it using webkit, you can ape whatever wonderful interactions you seem to be having (that I must have completely missed) using multiple UIWebView's and some good ol CoreAnimation.
You can also extend UIWebView with straight up Objective-C, further adding in the ability to do pretty much whatever you want.
There are a shit ton of HTML 5 demo's on the web. Try google.
I've seen a "shit ton" of demos and nothing I've seen is applicable to this problem. Wired is one of the most visually rich magazines around, it's layouts are complex, the visuals are rich, it's won many design awards - hundreds of people are involved in creating a beautiful design artefact. Writing an article that goes "wired sux, they didn't do it in HTML5" implies that the level of finish of the Wired app is possible, but I haven't seen any demos that are anywhere near the size and complexity of a magazine like Wired - if they exist I'd love to see them
Have you used it?
It really is pretty much a slideshow. Even if you write it using webkit, you can ape whatever wonderful interactions you seem to be having (that I must have completely missed) using multiple UIWebView's and some good ol CoreAnimation.
You can also extend UIWebView with straight up Objective-C, further adding in the ability to do pretty much whatever you want.
There are a shit ton of HTML 5 demo's on the web. Try google.