doesn't work on Android or Windows so it's not a "web location"
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URIs are bigger than "the web"
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what I mean to say is that URIs are not scoped simply to browsers or the web; that is just a very popular use
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Replying to @jasonmulligan @knardi
URLs that aren't pointing at content described by web standards are URLs but not the web.
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URLs are more abstract but the concreteness of the web helps make it broadly useful.
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Replying to @wycats @jasonmulligan
a website isn’t really any different from an app. they can link back and forth, just built with different tech
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Replying to @knardi @jasonmulligan
a website can be displayed by any web browser capable of displaying standard web content. An app works on one OS.
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Replying to @wycats @jasonmulligan
so the web is "cross-platform by default." That's really the only difference. You can make a cross-platform app.
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okay, distribution is different too. :) That might actually be the biggest difference.
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I'm willing to concede that instant access to any website you've never been to before is a big difference
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and on any device that knows how to render "web content" as defined by "web standards"
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