The Mobile Web vs. the Objective-C Web

The central theme of Mobile Web Design was carefully and thoughtfully built on the assumption that the browser will always provide the most consistent, reliable medium for users of web content, and the most open and sustainable platform for developers of the same—all thanks to HTML, CSS, and web…

Cameron Moll is worried that Objective-C apps are taking over. However, I think he has no need to be worried. iPhone and iPad are the best devices providing the best experience right now, but web apps are forever.

iPhone OS apps do not threaten to make this sentence (“the most consistent, reliable medium for users of web content, and the most open and sustainable”) untrue. The web will always be the best platform–outside of a complete custom closed experience.