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It only takes one look at the transparent navigation bar or popup or non-spring transition animation to notice something is "off". Further looking, things like

It only takes one look at the transparent navigation bar or popup or non-spring transition animation to notice something is "off". Further looking, things like inconsistent margins across devices, non-standard controls, etc. give it away on a fundamental level. This kind of disrespect for your users' ability to notice crap is what I dislike most about lazy cross-platfom developers. At least have the decency to admit your are churning a technologically and experience-wise sub-par product for this and that reason, but that almost never happens. It's always the "no one notices this" nonsense.

WA 10y ago
I've seen too many native apps with strange user interfaces, colors, margins, wrong transitions to still believe that people really care. Most non-dev users want to get some stuff done via apps and don't care about design details.
placebo 10y ago
Disrespecting your users has very little to do with the tool you use and everything to do with how you use it. One can also be pedantic/fanatic about going by the book to the letter in order to conform with every one of the platform UI's "laws" and still generate a crappy application due to lack of insight on what will be intuitive or useful to the end user. No - a sub-par product will mostly have a sub-par developer responsible. Quality and craftsmanship will come across no matter what technology you decide to use. That's not to say that a good developer couldn't produce an even more polished experience with native programming, but as mentioned before, I doubt the difference is noticeable enough for many applications to justify the dramatic increase in learning curve and maintenance.
Turing_Machine 10y ago
"This kind of disrespect for your users' ability to notice crap is what I dislike most about lazy cross-platfom developers." A lot fewer people actually care about UI minutia than you imagine.

WA 10y ago

I've seen too many native apps with strange user interfaces, colors, margins, wrong transitions to still believe that people really care. Most non-dev users want to get some stuff done via apps and don't care about design details.

placebo 10y ago

Disrespecting your users has very little to do with the tool you use and everything to do with how you use it. One can also be pedantic/fanatic about going by the book to the letter in order to conform with every one of the platform UI's "laws" and still generate a crappy application due to lack of insight on what will be intuitive or useful to the end user. No - a sub-par product will mostly have a sub-par developer responsible. Quality and craftsmanship will come across no matter what technology you decide to use. That's not to say that a good developer couldn't produce an even more polished experience with native programming, but as mentioned before, I doubt the difference is noticeable enough for many applications to justify the dramatic increase in learning curve and maintenance.

Turing_Machine 10y ago

"This kind of disrespect for your users' ability to notice crap is what I dislike most about lazy cross-platfom developers." A lot fewer people actually care about UI minutia than you imagine.