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These days, that's a distinction without a difference. All websites that couldn't usefully be delivered as PDFs are applications by definition.
by olefoo 17y ago
These days, that's a distinction without a difference. All websites that couldn't usefully be delivered as PDFs are applications by definition.
- Skeuomorph 17y agoTechcrunch could be delivered as a PDF. I get it on my Kindle. Just as most new web sites are not startup companies, most existing web sites are not apps. The distinction and difference is that a software application helps a user perform manipulation or transformation of data as useful work. Most websites, despite simple interactivity (e.g. search), are still published as "content" for consumption within a content access application, not for manipulating work|play|creative output.