Photopea.com a browser based photoshop "clone".
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#12WebContainers: https://blog.stackblitz.com/posts/introducing-webcontainers/
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#13Check out WebGPU https://web.dev/gpu/
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#14Figma is written in C++ and compiled to web assembly. All the UX designers I know are using it because it's pretty powerful for a webapp.
Are you saying its an electron app running web assembly?
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#15The WebAudioModules (WAM) have some very cool demos if you're into music: https://www.webaudiomodules.org/wamsynths/ I've been learning tone.js as of late
Do you know if there's similar to a VST standard for WAM?
Would be interested in the possibility of online DAWs that can import plugins and open up for marketplaces where developers can build and publish these.
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#16https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/PlainHTMLAppeal
You are being downvoted but I think this a shame, because I think you are right. Change isn't always progressive, and I do believe, as a previous HN post discussed, in the utility of separate "document" webs (as our current web is designed) and "application" webs. (Which has been hacked on top of our current document model, and not without problems.)
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#17Figma is written in C++ and compiled to web assembly. All the UX designers I know are using it because it's pretty powerful for a webapp.
Are you saying its an electron app running web assembly?
Yes. I found it weird too. They put so much effort into making their app performant and then for the desktop app, wrapped it into an electron shell which is weird :)
I guess except the designing canvas, all the UI controls are built over DOM/Javascript and they needed a quick way to take them all into desktop. But I did expect more from Figma :)
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#18Utility of browsers and the web is delivering good content, and ability to link between unrelated content on unrelated sites. I'll nominate Wikipedia.
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#19WebGL: Google Maps is arguably the #1 application. It's used to draw the line drawing based maps and to re-draw them with different things emphasized depending on your needs (as well as rotate, scale, zoom, smoothly)
But also, of course the fact that it goes 3D. It feels like they've de-emphasized this feature because I suspect few people use or or even know it exists but demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbxYG5Sb5RQ
You can also go to https://earth.google.com
AFAIK it's the same tech (not sure) but a UI for various kinds of exploration instead of directions
WebRTC, Google Meet uses WebGL/WebAssembly to provide the filter effects where your background is blurred out or replaced. AFAIK that doesn't happen on the server. It happens locally and then the video with the effects applied are sent over the net via WebRTC.
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#20Photopea.com a browser based photoshop "clone".
It's somehow more true to the older photoshop designs than photoshop itself. I love it.