What I Hate About Web Apps
Web apps are an awesome thing. They save time and are much more efficient. But there are many downsides to them from my point of view. They take away an app’s individuality. Back when the desktop dominated the application market every app had it’s own “personality” to it that added a feeling of individuality to it. What I mean by this is that each app built its own little “kingdom” up. But today a lot of apps don’t stray too much farther away from a much bigger platform. These platforms are these giant kingdoms and the apps are the people who live in the kingdom. It’s not like when apps were their own kingdoms and their wasn’t these huge platforms that reigned above all. Sure apps may get more attention when their all in one environment. In the apposphere today everything is integrated into one environment. This environment is the web. People look at apps differently these days. People just think it’s all part of one giant app. They’ve all become woven into this quilt. The quilt of the web. The quilt of one environment.
But there are good things about this one environment. First of all apps get more users. For example, Facebook is a huge platform. Developers can create an app and get instant users. Apps being integrated is also good for the user. You don’t have to download apps and fill up your hard drive. It’s also sooooo much more convenient. The user doesn’t have to open up each app individuality. But you can update your Twitter and Facebook statuses simultaneously.
In conclusion, I don’t think many apps that are on the web belong on the web. But there are some apps that must be on the web like Twitter and Facebook. They’re lightweight apps that are meant to be integrated with many apps. I also think that the internet should be integrated in apps. But the apps shouldn’t be integrated in the internet.