[linopolus]

To say it the other way round: Use HTML/CSS for information purposes (JS where needed, nice explanatory animations etc), get back to using real nice native code for applications, using the OSes capabilities to the fullest, providing an experience integrated with the rest of the OS, having full performance.

[ng12]

Pretty much a non-starter. If you're selling a desktop app and your competitor is a browser-based SaaS you will lose every time. It's one of the rare things both end-users and IT will agree on.

[jamil7]

Anecdotally we're able to differentiate ourselves by offering a native mac app over what our competitors offer but it's a niche, mac-heavy industry.

[pjmlp]

IT will gladly put those native applications available via Citrix/RDP, no biggie.

[nexuist]

...right up until users complain that they can't access critical work information on their phone or tablet in the field, unless they use a shitty RDP app to move a cursor around their desktop at 3 frames per second.

[pjmlp]

Users are free to complain, and IT is free to ignore them unless management says otherwise.

[pessimizer]

Management will also hate using Citrix.

[pjmlp]

Hardly when they are the ones signing it.

[nexuist]

Management are going to be the first users to complain!!

[pjmlp]

Not so much experience at Fortune 500?

[nicbou]

You'll have to make some really convincing arguments to get me to install your software on my computer. I much prefer an instantly accessible, sandboxed web app.