Web Applications Software
Introduction
It is created in a browser-supported programming language (such as the combination of HTML, JavaScript & CSS).
A web app or web application is any software that runs in a web browser.
The most common web applications consist of, wikis, webmail, online auctions, online retail sales and many others.
Disadvantages Of Web Applications
Web applications absolutely require compatible web browsers. If a browser vendor decides not to implement a certain feature, or abandons a particular platform or operating system version, this may affect a huge number of users.
Affiliate advertisers will reject the site citing "lack of original or unique content" if it is not a traditional site with lots of text, such as a blog or news site, eliminating a large potential revenue stream.
Standards compliance is an issue with any non-typical office document creator, which causes problems when file sharing and collaboration becomes critical.
In practice, web interfaces, compared to thick clients, typically force significant sacrifice to user experience and basic usability.
The company can theoretically track anything the users do. This can cause privacy problems.
Advantages Of Web Applications
Browser applications typically require little or no disk space on the client.
Web applications integrate easily into other server-side web procedures, such as email and searching.
They also provide cross-platform compatibility in most cases (i.e., Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.) because they operate within a web browser window.
Web applications allow for easier introduction of new user devices (e.g. smartphones, tablets) because they have built-in browsers.
Web applications allow for easier introduction of new user devices (e.g. smartphones, tablets) because they have built-in browsers.
Types of Web Applications
Social networking websites (Facebook, MySpace, hi5.com, Xanga, Classmates.com)
Blog pages (Blogger, Word Press, Tumblr)
Online calendars (Google Calendar, O2 Calendar, Yahoo! Calendar)
Webmail Services (Gmail, Yahoo Mail, HotMail)
Online shopping websites (just about ANY store -- the grandfather of online shopping is Amazon)
Online telephone directories (Yellow.com, White Pages, AnyWho)
Map servers (Google Maps, MapQuest)
Internet search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo)
Web-site & WEB-APP
Websites are primarily informational, Web applications primarily allow the user to perform actions.
Historically, web apps were the ones with code and/or scripts (in Perl/CGI, PHP, ASP, etc.) on the server, and websites are the ones with static pages.
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