April 24, 2012, 10:54 AM —
Browse eBay and you get the same painful interface. The eBay app, however, works great. This trend is growing.
Jeff Atwood, on Coding Horror, talks about his love for eBay over the years, and how much better the mobile / tablet app has become while the website interface languishes far behind. He then counts the ways apps are better than websites, including being faster, smarter screen design (they have to do a lot with a little), and working offline.
But websites aren't dead, at least not yet. They work with any device with a browser, while apps must be written for each platform. Websites don't update on the device and they don't have to be installed. And, of course, apps need websites for downloads, linking, and marketing. But if websites don't get better, apps may tip the scales in their favor.
Apps aren't that great
Platforms that like to skim off the top make web sites seem more inviting to many companies.
Schaff on codinghorror.com
Websites will kill apps. It's only a matter of time.
jerf on news.ycombinator.com
I guess I'm in the minority preferring the website. I look at it and see a large number of features that I would and do use, which aren't present in the app.
Juhani Connolly on codinghorror.com
Apps may …
Will Apps Kill Websites? No. Will Apps Kill Webapps? Maybe, and that's a good thing.
Jscipione on codinghorror.com
the potential in the mobile market is still off the charts. 10 years from now it will be a different world.
sexkettle on chime.in
Totally agree!
