Re:Build Cross-Platform Applications for desktop using HTML,...
by bzbarsky on Sunday May 13, 2012 @12:30AM
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> Can't they just learn how to write native apps?
They can, but then they need to either write multiple ports of the app or target only a small subset of the market.
The first sucks (speaking as someone who in fact works on a project that ships a nontrivial native app on several different platforms), and the second loses you customers _and_ creates people who give you bad press because you're "locking them out" by not providing an app on their platform.
Of course web technologies are not the only way to write cross-platform apps, but the other options I know produce results that are even less appealing to users.
They can, but then they need to either write multiple ports of the app or target only a small subset of the market.
The first sucks (speaking as someone who in fact works on a project that ships a nontrivial native app on several different platforms), and the second loses you customers _and_ creates people who give you bad press because you're "locking them out" by not providing an app on their platform.
Of course web technologies are not the only way to write cross-platform apps, but the other options I know produce results that are even less appealing to users.