Ok, time for some Web Platform real talk.
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Replying to @slightlylate
First, ICYMI, the future is mobile: http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2015/6/19/presentation-mobile-is-eating-the-world …
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Replying to @slightlylate
Second, the correct way to understand the success (or failure) of your platform is by user-time spent in apps built on it.
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Replying to @slightlylate
(and don't try to tell me that's the wrong metric; if you've got one that puts you in a better light, you're only deluding yourself)
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Replying to @slightlylate
aren’t a lot of tasks are considered successful if they take users less in-app time, not more?
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Replying to @slightlylate
it was an honest q. Maybe I am thinking of a different context. From product selection to checkout: less user time is the goal
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Replying to @scottjehl
: absolutely! Same for things like search results. But meta-narrative about what to build for is based on time-spent.
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Replying to @slightlylate
: the web isn't winning the narrative with decision makers, businesses, and developers. Over time, that compounds.
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: and the long-term impact is that raw investment will make some other system "good enough"; users won't have a choice.
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: mid-term scenario isn't "my service would be better on the web, and I can chose that", it's "I wish the web was still A Thing"
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