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Re:HTML5 vs Native: The Mobile App Debate by colemorrison on Sunday April 21, 2013 @04:02PM (#5586190)
This seemed very skewed towards HTML5. To be clear, I am totally in favor of developing in the web, but the way things are going, especially for IOS, that just doesn't seem to matter...

The typical iOS user has become accustomed to using native apps over the browser. It's very hard to battle habitual behavior. Additionally, every time iOS users are given a mobile web app, until VERY recently, those experiences have been miserable . . . . and seriously, if you're on iOS (especially iPhone, not so much iPad), you know what I mean.

Therefore, the routinized web app sucking and not feeling as "snappy" as a native has just put web-apps in a damn rut. I would absolutely LOVE for user to get into the habit of using WebApps, but unfortunately, Apple has a HUGE incentive to keep users funneled to native ones.

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Re:HTML5 vs Native: The Mobile App Debate by afeezaziz on Sunday April 21, 2013 @04:36PM (#5586306)
Yes, it is skewed because it was written by a site that is promoting HTML5.

HTML5 has a future but at the moment, native applications still have the performance advantage.

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Re:HTML5 vs Native: The Mobile App Debate by justindhill on Sunday April 21, 2013 @08:09PM (#5587052)
Not to mention, the article was written in 2011.
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