7 ms·
Why do so many people still pretend mobile and web are a binary choice? Web is a medium, mobile is a platform. Mobile devices can access the web. 90% of the
by papsosouid 14y ago
Why do so many people still pretend mobile and web are a binary choice? Web is a medium, mobile is a platform. Mobile devices can access the web. 90% of the apps people are making have no business being an app, and should just be a properly designed website that works on all devices. This is just like all those people selling "multimedia presentations" on cds in the late 90s instead of making it a web site.
- schabernakk 14y agoThis. I got strange looks when I discussed this issue with a few (non-technical) friends a while back. I said that Apps as they currently exist are more or less an interim solution. Sure, if you need to take pictures/videos it can be a useful thing to have a specialized app but most of the times a proper mobile webpage would suffice. The only thing I am not so sure about when using your browser as your primary application container. What about UI/UX Guidelines. A well designed webapplication works for both ios/android users, but there still different UI paradigms in place. Think of all the effort which is put in place to make for example java programs look native on the different systems.
- papsosouid 14y agoWebsites should look, feel and behave like websites. Trying to imitate the native look and feel of an individual device/platform combination is bad. Just as it was bad to make horrible flash monstrosities that tried to pretend a webpage was a windows app.
- pbreit 14y ago"a proper mobile webpage would suffice" I think people have higher aspirations than "would suffice".
- papsosouid 14y agoCan you be specific? For example, what exactly would a mobile app of hacker news provide above and beyond what can easily be provided by a web site?