Apps vs. The Mobile Web. It's often presented by the media as an either/or, winner-takes-all proposition. Usually accompanied by an "X is Dead" headline. Wired Magazine (in)famously declared that "The Web is Dead" in 2010. Yesterday I playfully pronounced the death of apps. Of course neither the Web or apps are dead – or resting, for that matter.
Yesterday I argued the case for HTML5 websites over apps, noting that it's become a trend in 2012. However, sometimes an HTML5 website for a mobile device just won't cut it. Especially if you want to create a great user experience.
Twitter's Benjamin Sandofsky recently penned two compelling arguments for apps. They are technical articles, written for a developer audience. The takeaway lesson for the rest of us is that apps are often the only way to build "great products."
Sandofsky convincingly argues that the best user experience for Twitter on an iPhone or iPad is an iOS app designed for each device.
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