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Argh, please, no.

Over time I know the term 'native' has been used for many things, but I'm pretty sure the most recent peak in usage started with the iPhone SDK, where it meant 'apps which aren't based on a web browser'. Since then, I've wanted _so much_ for web technologies to become the best platform for making apps, but the hard truth is, they're not. With 16 years more web experience than iOS, I'd still rather shoot myself than use web technologies to make an app with the same UX quality, maintainability, and development time I can achieve natively.

I'm pretty sure the native vs hybrid argument has been settled - for now, though I'm always keen to see new developments.

Seeing software vendors and articles like this pushing to use the term native to describe _the very thing which is not native_ seems a little sad and desperate at best, and an attempt to confuse at worst.

As an Android dev, I concur, native apps are the ones developed with the platform sdk. And yes, for now, the debate also seems pretty much settled to me.

TL;DR: using legacy languages to make document renderers behave kind of like real native app GUIs.

NOWAY: Native Online Web Apps Yo

Native Web Apps