[scottjenson]

I think I'm paying a price for having a linkbait title. I don't honestly think this is a web vs native issue at all. I think that native has had too much power and that apps 'must die' as they suck up all the oxygen. It blinds people from seeing alternatives. That's my point, we have to be able to explore alternatives and the current native app silo approach will make JIT interaction impossible.

As to the people on this thread that think JIT interaction is a privacy nightmare, i never said these things would install automatically, this has to offer itself when the user requests it, i.e. I want to look at THIS bustop now. All I'm talking about is reducing the pain threshold to getting to functionality. That's all. It's not as sinister as you make it sound.

[kolinko]

Ah, a good old "you don't agree with me, therefore you must be blind" argument. No - other people aren't blind, they just disagree with you.

Webapps are fine in very few scenarios (like the movie poster one you mentioned), but for quite many they are lousy. For example, most games & productivity tools perform far better when on the device. And these are the best selling apps.

Finally, the first argument of your post, about the app organisation.. Really? In case of the iPhone there are three ways to access each app. First there is the home screen, and I agree that it becomes messy when dealing with >50 apps. BUT there is also an app search and the "recently opened" list - these make the whole "app organisation" thing a non-issue. I guess the same goes for other mobile platforms.

Besides - you're trying to tell us that mobile apps are easier to organise? I either have to type in the whole address (so it's slower than using the built-in app search), or google the app name (even slower & requires net access), or choose it from my bookmarks (which is basically the same as the home screen).