[benjamincburns]

Also another question along this topic: How bad is "not native feeling" for UX? As a poor self-funded "I just need to launch this" wantrepreneur, do I care?

I happily used the HTML5 Facebook app on iOS without any notice of its performance "issues." Can someone give me an example of a non-native app where it's lack of nativeness is the cause of poor UX, and for bonus points a similar app with UX noticeably improved by the sheer fact that it is native?

[ianhawes]

Native Twitter iOS app vs the HTML5 Twitter app.

Native Twitter is great. Very snappy, great UX. If, by chance, you click a Twitter link in Safari on iOS, you'll be facepalming as you wait.

[lukifer]

Twitter's HTML5 is the worst possible example. That thing is unusably slow on high-end desktops, too.

[benjamincburns]

Is it possible to load both apps simultaneously to do a comparison? I feel like I need to experience the trade-off.