Pew report: The Future of Apps and the Web:
Rob Scott, the chief technology officer for Nokia, believes the web will dominate and argues, “Once HTML5 browsers and fully capable Web runtimes are in place on the common Kindle through iPhone, the Web app will begin replacing native apps.”
(Via TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
I love how the tech world is full of this sentiment. “The browser is going to take over native apps any day now.” I’ve been literally hearing that since 2000. Hasn’t happened yet.
And why does it have to be one or the other? Why can’t I use native apps for some things, and HTML5 for others?
Native code is always going to be faster, and the experience is always going to be better when and app is tailored to a specific platform. It’s always the business suits who want to find the “write once, run everywhere” nirvana. They’re looking for cheaper ways to deploy.
Users have never asked for that and have never gravitated towards that.
