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0 pointspjmlp9y ago0 comments

It also does AOT compilation with PGO gathered from the JIT.

Unless the browsers offer APIs at the same feature level as native OS APIs, web applications will always be a second class experience.

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CyberDildonics9y ago· 3 in thread

Only for apps that need those native features.

For example? As in, what doesn't Phone Gap offer access to?

But in any case, to your point, native apps should be limited to special cases (that can't be done via the browser). That's not the case ATM.

pjmlpOP9y ago

Which means any app that respects its users by providing a suitable UI/UX using the best features of the OS running on the device they paid for.

What does that even mean? Lots of apps don't need anything that isn't already exposed in newer web apis.

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