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owenfar

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About owenfar

https://owenfar.com

Building a personal universal OS (savaOS.com)

Recent public activity

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    Comment #41902316

    I understand.. We had to start somewhere. It will be open-sourced and available on all browsers hopefully soon.

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    Comment #41902293

    I completely understand what you mean regarding Firefox. While everything already works fine there, the extension isn’t available yet. We had to make a decision regarding the tab m…

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    Comment #41902213

    I studied Operating Systems in my CS studies for two years, so I’m quite familiar with the methodologies and the strict definitions that define a traditional OS. I’m not trying to …

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    Comment #41902179

    I understand your point. It's still early stages and I expected these kind of comments honestly, because I myself saw a lot of these "desktop in a browser" demos that ultimately ha…

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    Comment #41877251

    I appreciate your detailed response, so thank you for taking your time to explain. First, I would like to point you to this page: https://savaos.com/about - I don't know if you've …

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    Comment #41873970

    It was tested and should work on all browsers (though the extension is only chromium based at the moment). But for the sake of simplicity, we placed that badge since it's the most …

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    Comment #41873933

    I'm not sure I agree about it being a bold statement. Our description is very clear, and our approach is still much safer. I see hundreds of products slapping "Encryption at rest" …

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    Comment #41873602

    And most software today requires an internet connection anyways, even if it is installed natively...

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    Comment #41873594

    Not 100% correct, but ok, you can say that as it stands. If you inspect the IndexedDB when logged in, you can see that everything is stored locally already. Offline mode was planne…

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    Comment #41873518

    This is a really good point and I have thought about this multiple times along the way. Web Crypto API seemed ideal, but it brought its own complexities, especially if you want to …

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    Comment #41873412

    We're definitely going to make this open-source. But the code and especially the documentation is not ready for that yet

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    Comment #41873390

    Can't argue with that.. best I could do for now :)

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    Comment #41873349

    Technically, you can say that an OS is a term for managing complexity. We're managing the complexity that comes with the modern age of the internet & the web platform. At this stag…

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    Comment #41873143

    As it stands, that's true. However, with the continuous advancements in WebAssembly, and if we open a store where people can install open-source software, a lot of great things cou…

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    Comment #41872992

    Not sure I understand what you mean about "each app has a discovery service of commands"

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    Comment #41872880

    You're right, we're not being clear enough regarding this. In the last section & in the letter we do mention & give hints of open-source, and that's because it will be. We really h…

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    Comment #41872816

    I ask for nothing else other than honesty. And I thank you for speaking so bluntly about your thoughts. At this point I think you're right, it is indeed a toy and a demo of my hard…

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    Comment #41872660

    I understand your pain, but this is the best we could do right now to be able to implement the privacy features we mention on the website. Think about it as MFA by default, and Goo…

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    Comment #41872595

    This will definitely be implemented, in fact we mention it on the website as the next major feature. We would also like to support NAS & FTP as well, but most likely start with the…

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    Show HN: Sava OS – A desktop interface for your web browser

    Hello, I'm Owen, co-founder of Sava OS. I think you've heard this a thousand times by now; "We spend most of our time on the web browser, yet nothing has changed." And then a "revo…

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    Comment #41849142

    Hello everyone, I'm Owen. We're excited to launch the beta version of Sava OS. Right now it's still in the early days and currently on a waitlist. But we'de love to hear your feedb…

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    My account was flagged as a comment spammer on Product Hunt

    But that is not the main issue, what upset me the most was 1) I never got notified about being flagged, and 2) what I was told during support is just hilarious. Look, I am not typi…