It's a good article that's written in an honest and fair tone. Personally, I've felt a lot of pain-points that he's mentioned. While fixing UX / UI performance issues, I've often lost track of what I set out to create - an app.
However, one important point that I continually keep in mind is that the web has came an incredibly long way in a short-time. In the past two years alone, we've seen web applications become incredibly rich. Yes, they aren't on par with native applications but the gap is narrowing quickly. I see the "native vs web" debate playing out similar to the "compiled vs interpreted" language debate that happened six or seven years ago. Michael On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Michal Mocny <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure your analogy works as expected ;) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmP_t4_lpzo > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Not to mention, UIWebView is hobbled with a slower engine. Sometimes we > do > > get a Michael Schumacher driving a Toyota Corolla, and it's a good > > middle-of-the-pack effort, but there's no way he can overtake a Homer > > Simpson in a Ferrari engine. That's why we are all here, trying to make > the > > WebView a Ferrari... > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Articles like these are tricky b/c of the YMMV factor. Its very well > > > proven that good apps, even completely native feeling apps, *can* be > > > built but frankly not every developer is up to that task. > > > > > > It certainly isn't in our mandate to prescribe web development > practices > > > either. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Andrew Grieve <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > http://engblog.polyvore.com/2012/12/web-developer-admits-objective-c-html.html?m=1 > > > > > > > > I think I agree with the author. I do still believe the mobile web > will > > > be > > > > better in the future though :) > > > > > >
