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I agree that people consider anything that appears in a web browser is a "web app", but that doesn't make it right. ActiveX, Java Applets, Silverlight, Flash,
by drgath 15y ago
I agree that people consider anything that appears in a web browser is a "web app", but that doesn't make it right. ActiveX, Java Applets, Silverlight, Flash, and NaCL are not "web apps." People also think "Internet" is analogous to "World Wide Web."
A "web app" is something that is built using open standards that has oversight by a standards committee that is either the W3C or WHATWG.
- tomjen3 15y agoNo it is not, unless somebody has taken a trademark on "web app". A "Web app" is whatever is generally understood when people say "Web App".
- drgath 15y agoFeel free to peruse through WHATWG's specification for "Web Applications", or "Web Apps" for short. There is a standardized, very explicit definition of what that term means. http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete/ http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete/
- magicalist 15y agoI've read it and I don't seem to recall any normative sections defining "Web Application" :)