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Native is not a tool, nor a goal. Native is an implication of a user experience and performance. Very few non-native applications provide the same experience an

Native is not a tool, nor a goal. Native is an implication of a user experience and performance. Very few non-native applications provide the same experience and performance as native applications (although there are exceptions and it's not always black and white). "Native" is the implication that a certain level of comformity is present: the user generally gets an experience that is similar to other native applications. As you develop with native APIs, and when you follow the best practices for the platform, you end up with a product where the UX is much easier to grasp for the user. Non-native solutions very often have different UI/UX patterns, which leads to users having to learn these patterns before the application becomes understood by them.

chrisseaton 5y ago
> the user generally gets an experience that is similar to other native applications This sounds like the goal you want to achieve using native as a tool. But anyone who struggles to grasp non-native UI and UX is going to struggle to interact with the modern IT environment as there is no standard for web-apps.
- ptx 5y ago
  If I order a cup of tea, you could argue that what I actually want is to achieve the goal of drinking something which has the taste, smell and general nutritional profile of tea. Theoretically, there might exist a cup of coffee that achieves this goal. But I've never seen one, and if you serve me coffee it's almost certainly not going to achieve my goal.