Incidentally, why do people prefer native apps instead of browser based on the desktop? Is it because the tab is hard to find on the browser...or is there a sp

Incidentally, why do people prefer native apps instead of browser based on the desktop? Is it because the tab is hard to find on the browser...or is there a specific advantage to the native client? I find it jarring when people use desktop clients over browser...especially when it is very likely that most of the engineering teams at these startups are most likely web based. Don't the desktop apps lag in features behind their web interfaces?