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Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by cmeacham98 »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #16
throwaway22717 wrote: post #2

https://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.)

This post isn't for sharing opinions on new web technologies, it's for sharing examples of them.

They are being downvoted because their post is wildy off-topic.

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by lmiller1990 »

lewisjoe wrote: post #17
mtoddsmith wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 :)

Having access to the chrome dev tools during designing is very useful!

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by dgb23 »

mtoddsmith wrote: post #14
notsrg wrote: post #4

Figma 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?

I think Figma being a browser web app is one of the core reasons why it’s outpacing alternatives both in terms of features and UX. It’s a remarkable feat.

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by akamoonknight »

I feel like this isn't exactly what you're asking for, but the storytelling in: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football feels like it opened up new my thoughts on how something could be communicated via the medium of the Internet and just made me think to some extent how woefully underutilized the browser/internet has been used as a story telling medium (at least to my limited experiences of these things)

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by lordofgibbons »

notsrg wrote: post #4

Figma 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.

Figma is cool, but every time I open a Figma link, my beefy laptop turns into a jet engine on takoff thrust.

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by speedgoose »

lordofgibbons wrote: post #28
notsrg wrote: post #4

Figma 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.

Figma is cool, but every time I open a Figma link, my beefy laptop turns into a jet engine on takoff thrust.

Is it an “Intel Inside” laptop?
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