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Because you really don't get all the benefits of a native app with a web app. It's getting better, the gap is closing, but it will be a while before web apps ar
by toddmorey 14y ago
Because you really don't get all the benefits of a native app with a web app. It's getting better, the gap is closing, but it will be a while before web apps are an enjoyable an experience as a native app. I think Sparrow was actually a good proof point of that.
- potatolicious 14y agoMore than that - apps like Sparrow move the goalposts actually. It was such a superior to experience to even the best native clients of the day that it widened the gap between web and native once again.
- untog 14y agoWhat was so much better about it? I tried it and was unimpressed. Search was slower and worse than web, for one. That surprised me.
- knewter 14y agosometimes I'm surprised by this sort of thing, but then I remember that Google is INSANELY GOOD AT SEARCH and I stop being surprised when that plays out.