We've been using Cordova for almost 2 years (one in production, mind you), so I beg to differ. Granted, our applications may be different and yes, Cordova, if

We've been using Cordova for almost 2 years (one in production, mind you), so I beg to differ. Granted, our applications may be different and yes, Cordova, if not done right, can be excruciatingly slow. But we have managed well. Simple things like properly paginating data (rather than trying to infinite scroll), cleaning up CSS, avoiding repeated query selections (which is a bad habit of some jQuery developers) made a huge difference[1]. Our older app is built on jQuery Mobile. The latest one is Ember. The next R&D project I'll try will probably use React with Cordova. Mobile browsers are always getting better. After a while, I have the option of using App Cache instead of Cordova, without any significant code changes (I'm not using plugins yet). [1] Edit: And not abusing local storage.