This looks like an excellent step in the right direction, but I do have one worry here: native apps. The New York Times has had several experiments over the la

This looks like an excellent step in the right direction, but I do have one worry here: native apps. The New York Times has had several experiments over the last year that indicate a desire to move everyone on to the web and out of native apps. They had an experimental website aimed at tablets that they marketed to NYTimes iPad app users and, while nice, it was a definite step down from a native app. And the iPad app has been increasingly sluggish, despite occasional updates — seemingly a sign of disrepair. I design and program for the web, so I definitely understand the allure, but mobile web apps are, at best, an approximation of the experience provided by mobile native apps. Just ask 37 Signals, arguably one of the biggest proponents of web apps. Maybe mobile web apps will catch up, but we're not there yet, and I would strongly argue that we won't be there very soon. I have an inkling that this redesign will be accompanied by a renewed push away from native apps. I just hope that The New York Times doesn't stop development of their native apps.