The thing is, Mobile Safari and the Chrome on Android are perfectly good web browsers, and can render web pages pretty much exactly as can a desktop browser. Mi

The thing is, Mobile Safari and the Chrome on Android are perfectly good web browsers, and can render web pages pretty much exactly as can a desktop browser. Misfeatures like this are the result of pathetic platform envy. Yes, native applications have access to superior controls. No, your uncanny valley reimplementation of native UI is not cool; it's not innovative; it's bad design. It's dishonest, aggravating, and in a better world, would lead to revocation of the offender's internet license.