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No, I say it because none of the points I mentioned are relevant on mobile. At the moment I'm never without good Internet access. The biggest advantage of web a
by MrScruff 16y ago
No, I say it because none of the points I mentioned are relevant on mobile. At the moment I'm never without good Internet access. The biggest advantage of web apps is the idea that wherever you have a modern browser and a net connection you get the same experience. But that isn't true on mobile since most sites have dedicated mobile interfaces which aren't as usable as their desktop equivalents due to hardware constraints. In addition, since I'm never without my mobile, a native app is by definition always available, negating much of the advantage of the ubiquitous web model.
On the other hand, I do expect my native apps to either sync or act as a client for net based services.
At the moment I use precisely zero web based apps on mobile with the exception of gmail, which I resort to only when searching since the iOS mail client search is useless.
- arethuza 16y agoThanks - I misunderstood the point you were making. On the point of interacting with the hardware, at least on iOS, you can get location data into your webapp and there are cunning ways of getting access to the camera.