<story><title>Browsers, not apps, are the future of mobile</title><url>https://blog.intercom.com/browsers-not-apps-are-the-future-of-mobile/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jchendy</author><text>What is the inconvenience of apps?</text></item><item><author>bryanlarsen</author><text>Packaged web apps are the worst of both worlds: the inconvenience of apps and the speed of web sites.&lt;p&gt;But the article isn&amp;#x27;t talking about packaged web apps, it&amp;#x27;s talking about browsers, and has an interesting redefinition of that term.</text></item><item><author>Arainach</author><text>This comes up from time to time and I still don&amp;#x27;t see it.  The idea of packaged web apps and web sites is as old as the smartphone (and older on some platforms).  Even today, I can tell what experience on my devices are packaged web apps and I don&amp;#x27;t enjoy them.  UI elements don&amp;#x27;t look right, navigation elements don&amp;#x27;t behave properly, keyboard shortcuts are wrong.  Web apps can be sufficient for some scenarios, but they don&amp;#x27;t lack the magical feeling of native apps.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>molf</author><text>Besides having to wait for the installation, one important recurring inconvenience for me (on iOS) is the lack of autofill. Especially autofilled user names and passwords.</text></comment>
<story><title>Browsers, not apps, are the future of mobile</title><url>https://blog.intercom.com/browsers-not-apps-are-the-future-of-mobile/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jchendy</author><text>What is the inconvenience of apps?</text></item><item><author>bryanlarsen</author><text>Packaged web apps are the worst of both worlds: the inconvenience of apps and the speed of web sites.&lt;p&gt;But the article isn&amp;#x27;t talking about packaged web apps, it&amp;#x27;s talking about browsers, and has an interesting redefinition of that term.</text></item><item><author>Arainach</author><text>This comes up from time to time and I still don&amp;#x27;t see it.  The idea of packaged web apps and web sites is as old as the smartphone (and older on some platforms).  Even today, I can tell what experience on my devices are packaged web apps and I don&amp;#x27;t enjoy them.  UI elements don&amp;#x27;t look right, navigation elements don&amp;#x27;t behave properly, keyboard shortcuts are wrong.  Web apps can be sufficient for some scenarios, but they don&amp;#x27;t lack the magical feeling of native apps.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bryanlarsen</author><text>If you see an interesting link on the web, you generally feel safe clicking on it, and often click on it.   Sometimes you get rick-rolled or whatever, but you just hit back.&lt;p&gt;If you see an ad or pop-up article about an app, what are the chances you install it, even if it looks interesting?</text></comment>