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"However, I quite happy to write my apps once in HTML5, knowing that there will be some issues"
If those issues ruin the user experience, I wouldn't be happy. Laggin app on a powerful device with very few other things running is such an issue which often happens on HTML5 apps and if you go to a less powerful device it becomes worse.
Not sure what you were looking at but Foursquare looks like all other native apps on both iPhone and Android, so your example does not stand.
The idea is to build apps that use familiar controls and UI patterns. This helps new users find their way around quickly with almost no learning curve.
When I saw the title it was familiar. So I posted the date for other HN users that recognise it and can relate that they too have seen the article before.
I do wish that you would take the comment as it is, a date. It is in no way a smug snark at old news.
So frustrating to get to the end of your order to get the message that the coupon has expired.
I don't know much about WebGL etc, but I do know that JavaScript is used to direct the game.
So to that end, considering JavaScript cannot be compiled and then sent to the browser to render, anyone can view the source. Anyone can hack it up. How do you solve this?
I really wish I could downvote this post.