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If an app can be installed the same way a "native" app does, it is a native app. Users do not care about the technology behind the scene and what they are calle

If an app can be installed the same way a "native" app does, it is a native app. Users do not care about the technology behind the scene and what they are called.

throwaway2048 10y ago
They care when an app is a laggy mess that eats battery, cpu and memory like crazy
Deusdies 10y ago
So in your opinion, are Cordova apps also native apps?
fnordsensei 10y ago
Aren't we conflating "desktop app" with "native app" in that case? Why do users have to be exposed to the word "native" at all? Just say "desktop app".
flukus 10y ago
Java apps could be installed and never used to be considered native. Native means "uses the OS UI components".
wishinghand 10y ago
All native apps are desktop apps, but not all desktop apps are native apps.
- a85 10y ago
  So native would not cover mobile apps?
  - dkersten 10y ago
    It depends on the host platform. On desktop, all native apps are desktop apps but not all desktop apps are native. On mobile, all native apps are mobile apps but not all mobile apps are native.
    - a85 10y ago
      This is where I believe we'd differ. Postman already had a "desktop" app in the sense that Chrome apps also existed as desktop apps and when we ask users to switch, they wouldn't. For most users, desktop apps = things that run on the desktop. https://dcrazed.com/google-chrome-desktop-apps/ https://dcrazed.com/google-chrome-desktop-apps/
      - wishinghand 10y ago
        What you say you differ on doesn't seem to be incompatible with my assertion.