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dbeavon
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Yes, I think all types of apps have their place. The lines are especially blurry now that web technologies are being used to build full client apps. Here are some relatively new web technologies that I'm excited about : ( https://angularjs.org and https://cordova.apache.org and http://www.typescriptlang.org and http://electron.atom.io ) Note that I was responding to the unthinkable idea that full client apps would have "only disadvantages" over web-based apps. You are right to infer that, as a user, I would choose a classic "full client app" over a classic "web app" every time. Of course if web technologies are used to built something that looks and acts like a full client app, then I won't complain a single bit. (I get confused when I hear a web developer summarily dismissing the types of apps that they use themselves - every single day. Instead of saying these things, go eat your own dogfood!)
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