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Yes.[1] One of the biggest obstacles for marketing a web app is breaking the notion that you must be online to use it. If people on HN think that web sites ca
by MatthewPhillips 15y ago
Yes.[1]
One of the biggest obstacles for marketing a web app is breaking the notion that you must be online to use it. If people on HN think that web sites can't be used offline, what must the common end user think?
[1]http://diveintohtml5.org/offline.html http://diveintohtml5.org/offline.html
- corin_ 15y agoWhile I see, and to some extent agree with, your point, you could look at it another way. Sure there will be some users who are in the middle, knowledgeable enough to think you have to be online to use it (and maybe they are the biggest group, I've no idea), but there are also others who don't actually get that far in thinking. I told my Dad to switch from the FT app to the FT webapp when it came out a couple of months back, which he did - hee doesn't know it's a webapp, he doesn't care. As far as he is concerned, after setting it up, he clicks the FT logo, it gets the news from the internet, and he can read it on his device. Is it coming through a browser or a different piece of software? Who cares.