How the iPad Is Influencing Web Apps

Google officially unveiled its Chrome Web Store yesterday, and with it, a veritable treasure trove of highly optimized web apps that use technologies like JavaScript and HTML5 to create optimized experiences that blur the lines between web and desktop apps.

We’ve already profiled some of those apps, most of which work on any modern browser, not just Google Chrome.

A few months ago, we talked about how the iPad is transforming web design. We dubbed this phenomenon the “iPadification of the web.” As much as the iPad has had an influence on web design, its influence over this next wave of web applications is even more apparent.

Looking through the Google Web Store, we couldn’t help but notice the similarities — in some cases perfect facsimiles — that some of these apps share with their iPad counterparts or with the general trend of iPad apps and iPad websites.

via mashable.com