Re:Goodbye, Native Mobile Apps
by cmod on Friday September 25, 2015 @08:47AM
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Techmeme is a prime example of this — bookmark it on your homescreen and it's as good as an app. Their mobile design is, IMO, easier to parse than the web, too.
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Financial Times does not have an iOS app - just a mobile website. They have been very clever in building the site so that it is very app-like, for instance they use local storage to store the days download stories.
But, was initially confusing because I couldn't find their app in the app store, where I was expecting it.
But, was initially confusing because I couldn't find their app in the app store, where I was expecting it.
In my experience this is a huge problem. Along with the process of adding to home screen - people just don't get it. Once they have it installed they're very happy, but getting them to that point is difficult.