Lots of people in this thread are excited about Playboy bypassing the App Store but no one is talking about the huge user experience downsides that it brings up:
* Have to sign in every time you load the app.
* Herky jerky animations & orientation switching
* No offline access!
* Low-res images that are tough to read... in a magazine app
Granted these issues could be remedied in whole or in part if the web app was built with a little more thought & care, but the fact is that it wasn't: this is the user experience people will get when they view this web app.
I work on the web, and I build native apps for the iPhone & iPad. The reason I like building native apps is because the user experience is better. Everything's faster and smoother. If developers in here are putting technopolitics above the user actually using the app, then I think people need to re-evaluate why they build software in the first place.
* Have to sign in every time you load the app.
* Herky jerky animations & orientation switching
* No offline access!
* Low-res images that are tough to read... in a magazine app
Granted these issues could be remedied in whole or in part if the web app was built with a little more thought & care, but the fact is that it wasn't: this is the user experience people will get when they view this web app.
I work on the web, and I build native apps for the iPhone & iPad. The reason I like building native apps is because the user experience is better. Everything's faster and smoother. If developers in here are putting technopolitics above the user actually using the app, then I think people need to re-evaluate why they build software in the first place.