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I haven't used the Quora app, but the OKCupid app is pretty bad - it frequently gets itself into a bad state (especially if the app hasn't been opened in a whil
by potatolicious 14y ago
I haven't used the Quora app, but the OKCupid app is pretty bad - it frequently gets itself into a bad state (especially if the app hasn't been opened in a while) where it will sit at the loading screen forever. It's also painfully slow, navigation is incredibly laggy. It's functional, but hardly great.
It's not the most obvious UIWebView-wrapped app ever, but it's still fairly evident.
I have only ever seen one hybrid app done well - and that's the LinkedIn app. Every single other hybrid app (including Apple's own App Store!) is slow, buggy, and just unpleasant to use.
- lukifer 14y agoI can usually spot a hybrid app, but I hadn't even noticed that OKC is one, and my experience with the app has been pretty good. I have seen the stuck loading screen occasionally, but I assumed it was due to connection issues; it's not like that can't happen with native. Either way, they obviously need to fail a little more gracefully, which should be a solvable problem.
- blake8086 14y agoHow would you know you can "usually" spot a hybrid app?
- lukifer 14y agoSubtle things: controls that don't match exactly, link box outlines, inertial scrolling with a different acceleration, keyboard limitations, or just the general feel. It takes a strong attention to detail to make these things feel native, and the OKC app apparently does this very well.