Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS
by TeMPOraL on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @04:59AM
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> How many of these web apps obey the native OS themeing for instance?
Forget the theme - how many of these web apps obey the native OS GUI features? TAB-navigation, arrow navigation (in e.g. lists), accelerator shortcuts, editing shortcuts, not to mention a lot of visual idiosyncrasies that together make the interface feel "right"? Ironically, if you use default HTML controls, most of the things will be OK on a decent browser. But no, designers and developers absolutely have to make it worse by applying tons of CSS and JavaScript.
This applies to web apps pretending to be mobile apps, too. You can quickly tell one from another; the web app is the one with mediocre UI that behaves "wrong" in more or less subtle ways.
Forget the theme - how many of these web apps obey the native OS GUI features? TAB-navigation, arrow navigation (in e.g. lists), accelerator shortcuts, editing shortcuts, not to mention a lot of visual idiosyncrasies that together make the interface feel "right"? Ironically, if you use default HTML controls, most of the things will be OK on a decent browser. But no, designers and developers absolutely have to make it worse by applying tons of CSS and JavaScript.
This applies to web apps pretending to be mobile apps, too. You can quickly tell one from another; the web app is the one with mediocre UI that behaves "wrong" in more or less subtle ways.