Re:How I built a Hacker News mobile web app, Part 2
by shutton on Monday March 26, 2012 @11:03AM
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Thanks again for another great post.
I agree entirely about HNmobile being a non-standalone app. I've being working on something similar and after considering deploying it as a standalone webapp or even wrapping it with PhoneGap and submitting it to the app store I've gone with a non-standalone web app. Basically if a substantial part of your 'app' is opening links in mobile safari then keeping the app in a traditional browser environment (with back button etc) gives the best user experience.
I agree entirely about HNmobile being a non-standalone app. I've being working on something similar and after considering deploying it as a standalone webapp or even wrapping it with PhoneGap and submitting it to the app store I've gone with a non-standalone web app. Basically if a substantial part of your 'app' is opening links in mobile safari then keeping the app in a traditional browser environment (with back button etc) gives the best user experience.