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Im a web developer and I agree with the speaker. Native apps are cool and have shown what people really want from their interface but are only a stepping stone
by joshontheweb 15y ago
Im a web developer and I agree with the speaker. Native apps are cool and have shown what people really want from their interface but are only a stepping stone. Web apps/browsers will catch up to native apps in capability and surpass them value. see WebAPI http://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/08/introducing-webapi/ http://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/08/introducing-webapi/
- gaius 15y agoNative isn't standing still. By definition, no web app can ever do anything a native app can't - since the browser is a native app!
- randomdata 15y agoWeb development seems to be trending towards full client-side MVC application frameworks, not unlike those used by native developers. It leaves me wondering what the browser really brings to the table? As we are reaching the point where the browser is a poor mans virtual machine and nothing more, why not just provide a virtual machine and let HTML be just another application on the virtual machine?
- kbm 15y agoCouldn't agree more. As HTML APIs further develop they'll allow access to those parts of a device that only lower level/native languages have had access to so far. Question is When not If.