I'm done making desktop applications (2009)
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I'm done making desktop applications (2009)
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Re: I'm done making desktop applications (2009)
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We just moved the responsibility of security off the desktop, to the web. We abstracted the problem as an industry, hooray.
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We just moved the responsibility of security off the desktop, to the web. We abstracted the problem as an industry, hooray.
Well we did more. By moving the compute and core to the other side of the fence within control of the seller it becomes hard(er) to pirate. Whereas as soon as you provide a working binary it is only a matter of time somebody has pirated it.
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I would argue webapps killed them.
Most applications now adays are just electron wrappers.
WebApps also allow a much more flexible update schedule, and other benefits.
Downside: apps now need gigabytes of memory for simple apps. Upside: Linux is now a lot more easier to use as a lot of things are web based. :-)
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I would argue webapps killed them. Most applications now adays are just electron wrappers. WebApps also allow a much more flexible update schedule, and other benefits. Downside: apps now need gigabytes of memory for simple apps. Upside: Linux is now a lot more easier to use as a lot of things are web based. :-)
Are the benefits for the developers or for the users? Does a more flexible update schedule means less QA because you can just push more updates?
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Re: I'm done making desktop applications (2009)
#8You could perhaps imagine web apps as a form of 2FA, half the app is on the client, and the other half is on the server and continually authenticating each other by communicating with each other.
There's no reason you can't do this with desktop apps, put a chunk of the functionality on the server and obtain security that way.
The trouble with web apps is compute and storage performance, for a web app you're limited by the browser - not so much for a desktop. Its not really an issue for a bingo card creator, it is if you're making blender or autocad.
Re: I'm done making desktop applications (2009)
#9Now that websites can use the File System Access API to load and save files, the Desktop is "solved" for me. Everybody can use my software simply by opening the url in their browser.
The new challenge is phones. Mobile browsers do not support the File System Access API.
What is a solution to this? Is there a reputable service that converts a web page into an Android/iOS app so that it can load and save files?
Re: I'm done making desktop applications (2009)
#10Now that websites can use the File System Access API to load and save files, the Desktop is "solved" for me. Everybody can use my software simply by opening the url in their browser. The new challenge is phones. Mobile browsers do not support the File System Access API. What is a solution to this? Is there a reputable service that converts a web page into an Android/iOS app so that it can load and save files?
File system access API is a chromium feature.