The web based interface for app development works great on a laptop but certain design decisions prevent that same great experience on say an ipad. out basically comes down to renting to heavily on contextual menus for user actions. user actions like deleting a query or component should have an affordance proxy like an action menu icon and not rely on a secondary interaction model like a contextual menu as there are plenty of times when a user, while working on say an ipad does not have or want to carry around a mouse or trackpad but without access to such an input device will not be able to carry out such basic user actions.
Just to clarify, @neilbalthaser, you're talking about the UX of app development on an iPad. Is that correct? I can certainly pass that feedback on, but I don't imagine we'll be able to act on it very quickly.
Out of curiosity, I'd be interested in hearing more about your use case. Do you primarily develop on an iPad? And is that just your primary device?
yes that's correct: development on an iPad. I primarily develop on my iMac, sometimes on my MacBook and rarely (but occasionally) on my iPad, especially when traveling. its just that if you're going to have a web based development environment then one of the advantages should be making it useful on devices other than a desktop since that's why someone would likely be using a browser based IDE
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