July 2011
The problem with mobile app "Pretenders" →
alissadesigns:
So true:
This is a great explanation of why mobile web apps shouldn’t simply try to emulate a native app:
Users of pretender apps get an experience that falls squarely in the uncanny valley — it looks like a native app, but something isn’t quite right. Perhaps it doesn’t respond as expected or it doesn’t quite follow the conventions of a native app. Often pretender apps have...
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