...I like having my as apps! I use the app versions of web sites because however good a browser is it's still another layer between you & what you're trying to do that is not needed and gets in the way.
Even on the desktop I run GMail etc through Google Chrome's "App" mode to get rid of navigation, tabs and bookmarks bar because if I'm on that site there's no where else I want to go.
This is mainly because with the browser you have to wait for the page to load to do something. With an app it can get data in the background while you do something else, you're not stuck looking at a loading webpage. So I can read tweets while it updates and gets the latest ones for example.
If there is a HTML5 app which is used to run these sites without the full blown browser then fine, but otherwise I like the traditional app.
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