[ryandrake]

Thank you! I prefer native applications for the same reasons. Whenever we hear advocacy of web apps, it’s always from devs about dev problems. “I don’t have to learn more than one language!” and “Distribution is easier!” and “no AppStore rules!” and “It’s easier to monetize + no sharing revenue with the store vendor!” and “I don’t have to worry about supporting multiple versions floating around!” These are all developer problems, not user’s problems. I think we are shifting to more web based software simply because users really don’t have much pull—they take whatever junk is available.

[BackBlast]

Dev problems can also reasonably be construed to mean extra cost/schedule to produce the item. Customers also care about cost and availability.