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		afandian on Nov 27, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ionic – A front-end framework for developing hybri... I'm not saying one is better than the other. But I would say the main difference is OS APIs. Ability to manage memory, interact with filesystem objects etc.

fiskkastanj on Dec 9, 2013 [–]

That's one of the main reason for using web apps. I can trust them totally, because they're so sandboxed! They can't even read or write to filesystems!

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