Re:App sizes are out of control
by politician on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @04:56PM
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> And then you'll have to use software written in 50 different styles, with 50 different type and error conventions, with pieces that couple together or not at random.
All of which matters not one hoot to folks _using_ the software.
Re:App sizes are out of control
by jamescostian on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:07PM
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Right, and most people could have much more free space on their phones (or, more apps). I'd much rather write some glue code than ask my users to dedicate 275 MB to install my app, not even counting cached data or anything else. There's a reason many of my friends and I have deleted apps like LinkedIn - it's not that we don't like them, it's that the the apps were too big for the little value they gave us, especially when considering the web versions give us almost all the same capabilities, and only cost a couple KB of persistent storage (cookies + history + maybe some localStorage or whatever).
And then you'll have to use software written in 50 different styles, with 50 different type and error conventions, with pieces that couple together or not at random.