Why. Why are we doing this? Why do people go and write this stuff when there is already the web. That doesn’t require an app store. It can use the same code as the actual website (imagine that).
Why are we running so fast in the wrong direction?
Why are we running so fast in the wrong direction?
I hope more companies start using those tricks that let websites resize gracefully on any size screen, so you don't even need a mobile theme. Your layout just adjusts gracefully to the screen.
I expect that things will only improve as more people access the web via mobile devices. I think I use my phone more than a standard computer these days.
We are agreeing, though, yes.
And then the mobile site crashes for whatever reason? Malformed URL? Heck if I know. I just know I can't get to the website.
It also seems a lot of websites has a "standard" mobile-version (which is basically some iPhone-app like standard theme) which also always crashes when visited. Might be a WP-plugin, but I'm honestly not sure. 90% of the time though, it crashes and it wont let you go to the original web-page either.
Really. Until the web gets better at dealing with mobile devices, you will see applications like this being popular.
https://grepular.com/?response_type=xml
Then look at the source code of each
In my opinion this is going in exactly the right direction. Let clients worry about how to display the data and the web servers/services provide the content. Then your "web apps" can do anything. 3D, open GL, anything the device can support.
If you make all apps just be browser apps then you have to put all code for all possible clients on the server side. Doing things this way means I can write a really great web service and hire people for the different clients to make the best possible client. I don't need to worry about it at all, nor maintain these different clients.