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Well shucks. So when they say 'apps', they really mean 'mobile apps'. Is this yet another battle the techies have lost against popular media?
by shrikant 15y ago
Well shucks.
So when they say 'apps', they really mean 'mobile apps'. Is this yet another battle the techies have lost against popular media?
- mechanical_fish 15y agoYes. And the battle is against Apple's marketing, not the media in general. Apple itself may be powerless to stop the trend. (Just because they built the trend doesn't mean they control it.) They built a "Mac app" store, so they're trying, but I just had a difficult conversation with an octogenerian who was trying to answer the question: Can I run apps on my Mac? And after going round a few times I finally concluded that the only user-friendly answer is: "No". Because 99 times out of a hundred "apps" means "mobile apps", and it is hard to even introduce the Mac app store into the equation without creating total confusion.
- neutronicus 15y agoI never called anything an "app" but a "mobile app", preferring to use the term "program" or "software".