Should developers opt to code for Web or native apps?
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Developers often pick sides: They stick to just Web or just native. It’s obvious that when users are on a desktop, they will tend to use their desktop browser to access their favorite applications. On mobile, users prefer dedicated apps for popular websites over mobile browsers.
"There ain't room in this town for the two of us."
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Developers often pick sides: They stick to just Web or just native. It’s obvious that when users are on a desktop, they will tend to use their desktop browser to access their favorite applications. On mobile, users prefer dedicated apps for popular websites over mobile browsers.
"There ain't room in this town for the two of us."
What's interesting about that quote is: 1. using desktops to fire up browsers to access apps. 2. dedicated apps on mobile devices. Where did "dedicated apps on desktops" go? Marc
Automating Semantic Mapping of a Document With Natural Language Processing
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What's interesting about that quote is: 1. using desktops to fire up browsers to access apps. 2. dedicated apps on mobile devices. Where did "dedicated apps on desktops" go? Marc
Automating Semantic Mapping of a Document With Natural Language Processing
They were eaten by the velociraptors.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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Developers often pick sides: They stick to just Web or just native. It’s obvious that when users are on a desktop, they will tend to use their desktop browser to access their favorite applications. On mobile, users prefer dedicated apps for popular websites over mobile browsers.
"There ain't room in this town for the two of us."
Or is it the other way around? When users are on the desktop they want apps that will take advantage of the powerhouse in the desktop hardware, but on mobile they will prefer browser because of accessability? ;P
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Or is it the other way around? When users are on the desktop they want apps that will take advantage of the powerhouse in the desktop hardware, but on mobile they will prefer browser because of accessability? ;P
I have debated this one a lot at my current place of employment. Unfortunately, the powers that be are in a "browser only" mode. Personally, I believe in more of a "right tool for the job" way of doing things and in a corporate environment when you have users that are more than casual users, I feel the better user experience is that of a native application. With that said, I believe technologies like ClickOnce (for deployment) and Services (pick your flavor; wcf, rest, etc., to centralize logic) provide the best balance of user experience, performance, security, and manageability. With that said there are times when a browser application is more appropriate. Just depends on the purpose, audience, security requirements, etc. For those that feel native development is dead, just ask yourself if you would rather use Outlook or OWA? Would you rather use Google Docs for word processing or actual MS Word? For a quick check of your email or small update, possible, but if you're writing a large document with complicated formatting (or heaven forbid, your network connection hiccups), would you really want to be working in a browser then?
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Developers often pick sides: They stick to just Web or just native. It’s obvious that when users are on a desktop, they will tend to use their desktop browser to access their favorite applications. On mobile, users prefer dedicated apps for popular websites over mobile browsers.
"There ain't room in this town for the two of us."
Every developer should stick to developing for the web! (Because all my work has been coming from clients that need desktop apps ... e.g. SCADA; Kiosks; Time Trackers ... and they haven't been able to find any other experienced "desktop developers" ... heh, heh).
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Developers often pick sides: They stick to just Web or just native. It’s obvious that when users are on a desktop, they will tend to use their desktop browser to access their favorite applications. On mobile, users prefer dedicated apps for popular websites over mobile browsers.
"There ain't room in this town for the two of us."
Mozilla OS has arrived, based on only HTML, CSS and JavaScript. All native app development should be killed.