Latency is still a huge problem for web apps, especially on mobile devices. Elements consistently come into view only when they're ready, jerkily appearing out of nowhere, as opposed to in native designed interfaces in which everything is presented instantaneously. This is pretty consistent across the board.
Ironically this is almost the polar opposite of Gruber's view. Gruber argues in this piece that web apps are local client apps running on your mobile device (and he urges you to view source). Both forms of apps (native and web apps) can mask latency in the same ways.
Ironically this is almost the polar opposite of Gruber's view. Gruber argues in this piece that web apps are local client apps running on your mobile device (and he urges you to view source). Both forms of apps (native and web apps) can mask latency in the same ways.