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No. Web standards can't make native apps obsolete. They can't do it on the desktop and they can't do it on a mobile device. Certain things are better done as w
by xiaoma 11y ago
No. Web standards can't make native apps obsolete. They can't do it on the desktop and they can't do it on a mobile device.
Certain things are better done as web apps, other things are much better native. Some quick examples off the top of my head would include IDEs, office-type apps (and yes Excel still crushes Google spreadsheets), games, video players, spaced repetition software, compilers, rich chat applications such as LINE or WeChat, as well as anything people want to keep private.
Web apps are great and I love open web standards. That doesn't make them the perfect solution for everything.
- api_or_ipa 11y agoIf you're doing anything significantly laborious in Excel, you should be using a different tool. Excel is not performant for anything >200,000 rows for even simple queries.
- xiaoma 11y agoMostly I've worked on documents with under 500 rows. Excel is a much snappier UX all around than Google spreadsheets (which I wouldn't use for over 200k rows either).