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Progressive web apps (which work offline, btw) can already be installed on Windows (demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUma1l3BKOI https://www.youtube.
by SimeVidas 11y ago
Progressive web apps (which work offline, btw) can already be installed on Windows (demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUma1l3BKOI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUma1l3BKOI) via Chrome — all the app needs is a manifest and a service worker — so it might be worth experimenting with supporting it (for people who’ve “grown out of” installers).
- williamcotton 11y agoThese native apps powered by electron allow for much better desktop integration than the kind of web application you're talking about here. Traditional installers are required for these kind of desktop integration that most people have grown accustomed to. It's a trade-off!
- lucid00 11y agoThat and they wouldn't get classic BitTorrent compatibility in a web app.
- SimeVidas 11y agoI thought WebTorrent already is BitTorrent-compatible, no?
- shawabawa3 11y agoNo, WebRTC cannot make normal TCP connections so it can't be used to connect to a classic client. In theory all bittorrent software could implement WebRTC connections though