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x2bool2012-09-10 13:51:02
Mobile development
x2bool, 2012-09-10 13:51:02

Will mobile apps replace the web?

Maybe from under the tablet you can still surf the Internet. But viewing html pages from your smartphone is not always convenient and pleasant (even adapted versions).

Popular websites are often duplicated by applications for mobile operating systems. In addition, I have looked at forecasts many times that predict a 100,500-fold growth in the mobile market. And if mobile applications will generate 95% of traffic, does it make sense to support the web version as well?

It is clear that for the time being, the two directions can and will coexist, but in fact, according to the idea, applications may well push the usual browser. What will happen next? What do you think?

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Oleg Karnaukhov, 2012-09-10
@BupycNet

An application usually binds a device to a service. But just like that, it’s easier to surf the net through a browser - and with the growth of smartphones, there will simply be more mobile versions, although the web is not so inconvenient in fact. It will be much more inconvenient to download a separate application for each site, even the smallest one.

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Tomcat, 2012-09-10
@Tomcat

It is unlikely that in a regular desktop browser, on a 25'' monitor, it will be convenient to view a site adapted for a mobile application. And such pieces of iron will not soon go out of use. At the very least, laptops will stay around for a long time.
Most likely, most sites will support two versions - desktop and mobile (or even more, according to the number of different types of mobile devices), but "purely mobile" applications are unlikely to lead in the next 10 years.

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