> also, you're convinced your site is more like an "application"
I think thats the big thing. I randomly arrive at tweets all the time, I open gmail once or twice a day and leave it open. Even if you are a heavy twitter user, you are still going to end up loading the page multiple times organically from browsing, even if you leave a main twitter tab open.
The lines are blurring between dynamic content driven websites and web applications, but they are still there. IMO Twitter (and Gawker) got distracted by the new hotness, even if it wasn't appropriate for what they actually are.
I think thats the big thing. I randomly arrive at tweets all the time, I open gmail once or twice a day and leave it open. Even if you are a heavy twitter user, you are still going to end up loading the page multiple times organically from browsing, even if you leave a main twitter tab open.
The lines are blurring between dynamic content driven websites and web applications, but they are still there. IMO Twitter (and Gawker) got distracted by the new hotness, even if it wasn't appropriate for what they actually are.