> Your rant is on par with suggesting we go back to horses and buggies because high-speed car accidents can be deadly.
Don't be ridiculous. I'm not saying we shouldn't have cross-platform apps at all. I'm just saying we need a clear distinction between the WWW and any applications platform, just like we need a clear distinction between sidewalks and freeways. The web browser cannot do both jobs well.
> I'm just saying we need a clear distinction between the WWW and any applications platform, just like we need a clear distinction between sidewalks and freeways.
One problem is, no one seems to be able to define "web application" in a way that makes the distinction clear. Most sites that use javascript still use it in the context of displaying documents, so if you define any site that uses javascript at all as an "application," then most sites, including Hacker News, count as applications. But that doesn't actually fix any problems.
Don't be ridiculous. I'm not saying we shouldn't have cross-platform apps at all. I'm just saying we need a clear distinction between the WWW and any applications platform, just like we need a clear distinction between sidewalks and freeways. The web browser cannot do both jobs well.