Well I certainly want Google Maps to act like an app (which it does): panning, zooming and so on. And I'm happy for Hacker News to act like a traditional website. At that point it's a false dichotomy: different solutions for different problems, yes?
As an analogy: some pop-up books are amazing works of art. But reading would be frustrating if every book was a pop-up book.
As an analogy: some pop-up books are amazing works of art. But reading would be frustrating if every book was a pop-up book.