This is a discussion on Web Apps v Installed Apps: PLEASE VOTE within the Third Party Applications forums, part of the Modifications category; I'm very interested to know how many people are diving into the growing pool of web applications for iPhone. There ...
Web apps are satisfactory.
Web apps are fine, but should compliment installed apps.
Web apps are OK, but I'd use installed apps instead if I could.
Web apps are unsatisfactory, but I'll use them until installed apps are available.
Web apps are unsatisfactory, so I'm holding out until installed apps are available.
I don't use additional apps.
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I'm very interested to know how many people are diving into the growing pool of web applications for iPhone. There have been several rants about how unsatisfactory they are, but there are also many out there who are using and developing them.
Do you use web apps on your iPhone? Are you waiting until you can install "real" apps directly on your iPhone (not counting using Jailbreak to install, eg LightsOff). What's the iPhone community up to?
I think this is important information to gather. Thanks everyone for participating.
-K
I voted for "Web apps are OK, but I'd use installed apps instead if I could."
While I am growing fonder of the Web apps, it's mostly for apps that need the Internet. The news and photo apps are a perfect example: they look slick and need Net access anyway.
But to have to use the Internet to play a simple game? Absurd, in my opinion. Can't use it one a plane for starters.
Though to be honest I have seen noticibel improvement in the Web apps lately. As an example, for some reason I was playing Battle Ship in NES for a few days. It works well, no problems with it. But then I cam accross the Web app Battlefleet. Wow, 1000% better! Still it could be just as good as a native app (again, can't use it on a plane).
Finally, one thing that is becoming an annoying omission from both native and Web apps is sound. Why we can't have even basic sound in Web apps is a big negative, IMO (ditto for most native apps--and even with NES you have to disable other sounds in order to use it).
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Mike
Yeah I love Battlefleet. I seldom use web apps, but that could change easily as more and more keep appearing. I also like shredder chess. Browsing through addfone.com is also entertaining to me.
I haven't found any webapps that are really worth using other than meebo and occasionally the accuweather one. I'd really like the ability to purchase 3rd party apps and install them as I wish, even if it has to be apple approved apps that are only sold on itunes. I just don't care for the way the webapps run, especially over EDGE.
At my college, egde is horrible, and the tools at IT wont hook my phone up to the WiFi ... I really need installed apps bc I have nothing to do when im bored on the phone with my girlfriend ...
My problem with WebApps is that it takes too long to be practical for simple functions. Say I want to use a tip calculator, a unit converter or something similar. I have to start up Safari, wait for Appleopolis to load (if I don't have a direct bookmark to the webapp), click the web app and again wait for it to load.
I wish that more bookmarklets were available for simple apps. These are a decent compromise between web apps and native apps.
i wish there was a way to set a homepage on safari on the iphone so it will open up to a certain site when you first open the web. i hate having to type in appleopolis each time i need to use it.
While not a home page, you can use iPhone Apper to create "apps" out of URLs. These open Safari and go straight to the URL. I've attached Appleopolis.app (zipped) that does that for Appleopolis.Originally Posted by ahduke99
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Mike
The only web app I use is Jivetalk which is awesome and fast for me. But hands down, installed apps are much much superior.
I totally prefer native apps and there are more and more every day it seems. My biggest bit-- when i got the phone was no IM app... i now have a very functional native IM app in AppolIM...
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