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dbeavon
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"...only disadvantages to using a fat client these days..." In regards to building front-ends for our applications.... It is interesting to me that software developers spend all day long using rich/full client applications like Visual Studio or Eclipse (Excel, Outlook, etc) Then some of us try *exclusively* pushing web-based front-ends on all our customers (javascript/html/css) . How does that kind make any logical sense? As long as I've been a software developer, I've heard that web-based front-ends are going to take over the world. Its not happening. In the past five years we've seen a lot of end-user mobile devices and, guess what, they normally work a lot better running native apps too! If you are convinced that native apps are going away, then try googling Facebook's experience with HTML5. Long story short - native apps are *not* going away and web apps are *not* taking over the world. I think a developer should be open-minded about both.
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