algore

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by algore 16y ago
Ha, I stick up my ass. I would hope you and everyone else here has already seen this, but let me remind you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCvLTlQWT6A&t=4m30s The entire 1.5hr interview is worth watching, but starting at the 4:30 mark
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by algore 16y ago
You fail to realize that these "tools" are ugly hacks to make HTML do things it's clearly not well suited to do. Why continue to struggle with a flawed platform? > You keep saying things that make no sense in context. In what context is
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by algore 16y ago
> This is demonstrated by the fact that they are using these apps on a daily basis That's not true. People are using apps on their phones, not webapps. They're using apps on their TVs and tablets, not webapps. And people are actually pa
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by algore 16y ago
> To assume that native is always better is dismissing the massive value provided by web-based. Massive value to whom? We all know the value to the developer. I'm not disputing the current cost savings of webapps, though it will quickly
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by algore 16y ago
> Email clients have been out for a long time On the desktop, yes. Why? Because all the innovation in organizing, displaying, and managing email was focuses on webmail. Not because it was a better platform, but because it was incredibly
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by algore 16y ago
> Network transfers and latency can result in pauses and delays that would impact user experience more than choppy transitions, and native apps can't change that. Yes they can. Things can be pre-loaded in the background. Data can be que
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by algore 16y ago
> And yet, these "fake" apps are the most popular apps in the world I would dispute that, in every case where there is exists a native app with equal functionality, the app is used every time. Customers prefer the native apps. Yes, we a
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by algore 16y ago
> Examples? Big ones: the whole Google suite. Gmail is clearly the most reliable, but strange things still happen in gmail, like chat dropping, task lists locking up, or crashes. I love gmail, use it all the time, has great features. Bu
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by algore 16y ago
> you can't even notice whether you're using a native or a well crafted HTML app. That's completely untrue. It is immediately noticeable because of the lack of responsiveness, smoothness of transitions, and ugly layouts. Like I said, yo
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by algore 16y ago
> there is only one HTML page even though the app looks like it has dozens of screens!! Ugh. Really, you guys think this is the future? It's a total perversion of what a URL and a webpage are supposed to be. It's ugly hacks on top of mo