The distinction between web and non-web is getting increasingly irrelevant. Native apps are not delivered in shrink wrapped boxes. They are purchased, deliver

The distinction between web and non-web is getting increasingly irrelevant. Native apps are not delivered in shrink wrapped boxes. They are purchased, delivered, updated, and often get data from the web. The main difference (beyond hardware acceleration) is how they cache data, and address latency. It is possible for both native apps, and web apps to get this wrong, and when they do it is bad for the user. I am not sure why the user really cares if they are running a native app or a chrome based web app. What they want is a responsive interface.