I really don't get a sense of what NiDIUM actually _does_. Is it a framework? A platform? A library? Where does it run? How am I supposed to deploy it? What use case does it solve that doesn't already have existing solutions?
Nidium – A new browser engine
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Re: Nidium – A new browser engine
#12I find it saddening that the primary response from a crowd normally considering themselves visionaries and pushers, seems to be ridiculing other peoples hard work.
I cannot for the life in me understand how introducing a new browser engine deserves this kind of welcoming.
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#13And once again our community snipes, takes cheap shots and shows a complete lack of appreciation for the effort in a project such as this.
If you have nothing of value to add, just keep quiet. Otherwise you can come across as a bit of a dick. Thanks.
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#14Based on the name, I'd say it's a web browser that uses crappy, old, rechargeable batteries?
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#15The web is weird, it feels like HTML is meant more for documents than for actual social platforms and dynamic content... If you think about it, is the web really sane?
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#16I find it saddening that the primary response from a crowd normally considering themselves visionaries and pushers, seems to be ridiculing other peoples hard work. I cannot for the life in me understand how introducing a new browser engine deserves this kind of welcoming.
I don't ridicule the work that's gone into this - I just don't get what it is... A browser engine which doesn't use HTML/CSS and which isn't in competition with Chrome/Firefox/IE...? We would just like a better explaination :)
(Edited to remove JS from the "doesn't use" list - my bad)
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#17File I/O alone is a good enough reason for this kind of projects to exist. I've always wanted to be able to use the power of the browser for standalone, cross-platform desktop applications.
I was shocked when I discovered I couldn't write a simple JS/HTML application and connect it to a local DB like SQLite without going through a server. Each browser has its own hackish way of doing something like that, but they're far from a complete solution. So far I have my eyes on node-webkit[1], which does everything I need it to do, but I welcome every option in this space.
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#18Just some feedback - This video reminded me of the demo scene circa 1990. This might lead some to think that the project has been under development for 20+ years and is still in alpha...
Re: Nidium – A new browser engine
#19I find it saddening that the primary response from a crowd normally considering themselves visionaries and pushers, seems to be ridiculing other peoples hard work. I cannot for the life in me understand how introducing a new browser engine deserves this kind of welcoming.
I think that people here are mostly confused. There is not really a clear explanation of what this does or anything. We are just presented with a video of things that are not exactly revolutionary and said that this is the future. This leave most of the community puzzled I would say.
It is ok to create hype for a product that is not out yet but still we would have to know what we should get hyped on.
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#20This does not look like a browser.
It's a gui application framework, that happens to be using javascript as the preferred programming language.
A lot like https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit