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It's amusing that an article pushing hybrid apps as a good way forward was inspired by a hybrid app breaking in a way a "pure" app wouldn't. Beyond that though
by mnem 12y ago
It's amusing that an article pushing hybrid apps as a good way forward was inspired by a hybrid app breaking in a way a "pure" app wouldn't.
Beyond that thought the article seems a little, well, odd. Is the argument that "web programs are as real as native programs"? If so, isn't that a statement of the obvious? Most modern programs are abstractions upon abstractions - whether your layout engine is an embedded OS provided web browser or an OS provided XML resources parser, does it matter?
Or is this another one of those religious war argument things where programming in a scripting language isn't "real" programming? Obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/378/ http://xkcd.com/378/
I probably missed the point of it, but it is Friday after all so I'm mostly waiting for the weekend to start.
- kennethormandy 12y agoYou’re right a better experience should have been provided there, but it could have still been done within a hybrid app. It’s noteworthy because it confirms Instagram uses a web view, something they otherwise didn’t ever make any indication of. And yes, it kind of is one of those arguments! Thanks for feedback.