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		ianhawes on Nov 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anatomy of a Native Feeling HTML5 iOS App 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.

lukifer on Nov 27, 2012 | [–]

Twitter's HTML5 is the worst possible example. That thing is unusably slow on high-end desktops, too.

benjamincburns on Nov 27, 2012 | [–]

Is it possible to load both apps simultaneously to do a comparison? I feel like I need to experience the trade-off.

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