Also another question along this topic: How bad is "not native feeling" for UX? As a poor self-funded "I just need to launch this" wantrepreneur, do I care?
I happily used the HTML5 Facebook app on iOS without any notice of its performance "issues." Can someone give me an example of a non-native app where it's lack of nativeness is the cause of poor UX, and for bonus points a similar app with UX noticeably improved by the sheer fact that it is native?
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Also another question along this topic: How bad is "not native feeling" for UX? As a poor self-funded "I just need to launch this" wantrepreneur, do I care?
I happily used the HTML5 Facebook app on iOS without any notice of its performance "issues." Can someone give me an example of a non-native app where it's lack of nativeness is the cause of poor UX, and for bonus points a similar app with UX noticeably improved by the sheer fact that it is native?
Native Twitter iOS app vs the HTML5 Twitter app.
Native Twitter is great. Very snappy, great UX. If, by chance, you click a Twitter link in Safari on iOS, you'll be facepalming as you wait.
Twitter's HTML5 is the worst possible example. That thing is unusably slow on high-end desktops, too.
Is it possible to load both apps simultaneously to do a comparison? I feel like I need to experience the trade-off.