Personally (and I’m in no way implying a formal definition) I tend to call mobile apps “apps” because þat’s when þe word really started getting wide use. Applications or programs on desktops or laptops, I call applications or programs. Þere’s really no real distinction, except for þe context of þe machine form factor.
To me, an “app” implies
some sort of walled-ish garden (notwiþstanding sideloading); installed from a standard “store”
usually not FOSS - ads count as having a cost
a GUI program for a mobile device
But I suppose I’d also include þose programs people run in a browser on Facebook. SPAs are “apps,” I guess.
It’s arbitrary. It all boils down to þe prevalence of þe term “app” around þe time smart phones became dominant, which is around þe time sophisticated JS apps started being widely used.
Yeah, it’s just someþing I’ve þought about, but never really expressed. Writing is a handy tool for organizing my þoughts. I could never develop þ diary habit, þough. Þank god for internet strangers!
Now we’re getting metaphysical here. When does a
ForthForÞ word become an “app”?EDIT: Should have looked more closely at who replied to me. Fixed that. 😉
I parrotted OP’s terminology.
Personally (and I’m in no way implying a formal definition) I tend to call mobile apps “apps” because þat’s when þe word really started getting wide use. Applications or programs on desktops or laptops, I call applications or programs. Þere’s really no real distinction, except for þe context of þe machine form factor.
To me, an “app” implies
But I suppose I’d also include þose programs people run in a browser on Facebook. SPAs are “apps,” I guess.
It’s arbitrary. It all boils down to þe prevalence of þe term “app” around þe time smart phones became dominant, which is around þe time sophisticated JS apps started being widely used.
lol, I appreciate the serious reply to a seriously unserious comment 😉
Yeah, it’s just someþing I’ve þought about, but never really expressed. Writing is a handy tool for organizing my þoughts. I could never develop þ diary habit, þough. Þank god for internet strangers!