[kennystone]

People like to talk about black and white, native versus web, etc, but this is simply a matter of finding the right fit for the Financial Times. Many of the newsy apps can be done very well with the latest browsers (and other kinds of apps, too!). It makes sense for subscriptions as well as for maintenance and tech investment, and they won't lose much (if any) functionality. Some apps will always be better suited for native, but as the browser technology grows, we'll move back to web apps more. It wasn't so long ago that touch gestures were pretty hard to do right in a web app, so the only way to do a mobile app right was to go native.