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Platform specific "apps" vs. HTML-based "apps"?

Platform specific "apps" vs. HTML-based "apps"?

Posted Dec 20, 2012 9:12 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (guest, #15091)
In reply to: Platform specific "apps" vs. HTML-based "apps"? by jengelh
Parent article: A simulated FirefoxOS experience

Perhaps HTTP and its "lack" of certain "features" like server-side push and "full-duplex semantics" [...]
Now we have websockets, invented specifically to remedy those flaws. They work beautifully.


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