> Hence why social networks and email clients are created as apps now I think a large part of the definition of "application" is subjective, personally I think

> Hence why social networks and email clients are created as apps now I think a large part of the definition of "application" is subjective, personally I think social networks, such as a forum or twitter suffer from being an "application". You want to benefit from SEO, fast loading, responsive design, accessibility etc. However a chat app, that's personal and contains ephemeral content is a much better candidate for an application. I expect to see a different setup from other users, I don't want it to be searched, I expect different experiences on different devices etc. Another good example is tweetdeck vs twitter. One is very personal and customizable, the other is essentially a generic and universal between users. I think we are entering a phase of "everything is a single page app" because it's interesting and exciting. Similarly to the early days of mobile of flash development. Hopefully in a few years there will be a renaissance of the simple webpage, and application frameworks will be reserved for the use cases they really make sense for.