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> I'm OK with that. Web apps are clunkier and provide a worse experience. That Google makes this easier speaks to the sort of UX you get with Android. Chicken
by scardine 9y ago
> I'm OK with that. Web apps are clunkier and provide a worse experience. That Google makes this easier speaks to the sort of UX you get with Android.
Chicken and eggs argument here: web apps are clunkier and provide a worse experience because they are not well supported by the OS or the OS does not provide better support for web apps because they provide a worse experience?
Hybrid app frameworks exist because phone operational systems lack proper support for web applications.
- altfredd 9y ago> web apps are clunkier and provide a worse experience because they are not well supported by the OS No, they are clunkier and provide a worse experience, because most "web apps" are ported version of desktop bloatware, targeting devices, permanently plugged into wall-mounted electric outlet. What are "web applications" anyway? Something, that requires permanent internet connectivity? Something with DOM APIs? Something with built-in Javascript interpreter? Something with CSS support? The defining qualities of "web" have absolutely nothing to do with mobile devices. If anything, "web" has bad supported for OS. This is why all hybrid frameworks are about exposing additional OS functionality to browser, not the other way around. Just accept, that you are looking at wrong tool for the job.
- scardine 8y agoI will not debate whether "web apps" are ported version of desktop bloatware but I don't see why you can't write offline-first, mobile-first progressive web applications using Javascript and HTML (except Apple's lack of enthusiasm supporting anything outside their walled garden)