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Re:Beyond App Stores: Weaving Apps into the Web by gaborcselle on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @02:39PM (#4872833)
Running a compiled app instead of a web page, as laid out in the post, would have that benefit.

The central theme of the post is that the local app and the webpage are disconnected - the fact that you can't pick up where you left off in the other is not a development choice.

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Re:Beyond App Stores: Weaving Apps into the Web by awo on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @08:21PM (#4874364)
The analogy of native apps being an island is a good one. But I'd argue that native apps is a pretty fucking big island ;) Check out this chart - http://www.emarketer.com/Mobile/Article.aspx?R=1009155

People use apps on their phones, not the web. Mobile web is a subpar experience. LTE will fix some of the speed issues. HTML5...well that's going to take a lot longer than people think. Cool technology but ANY lag with a gesture makes the touch interaction feel broken.

I've been thinking on this problem for the past 4 months. Seems like you're pretty passionate about it too. It's a big problem for users, and companies are sitting back and ignoring it. I have lots of theories as to why. Would love to meet up in person and share thoughts.

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