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>Browser apps don't make the cut. I just don't get this at all. The fact that chromium books and in the past netbooks do so well is for this reason. I can't
by angryasian 10y ago
>Browser apps don't make the cut.
I just don't get this at all. The fact that chromium books and in the past netbooks do so well is for this reason. I can't understand why you wouldn't want browser applications at this point. Outside of write once run anywhere, security and accessibility is another benefit of the browser. We still have a huge issue with the walled garden in the app space. I'm assuming you mean primarily in the mobile space ? I think this is largely due to a failure on Apple and Google's lack of wanting to innovate because they control the app stores.
- xj9 10y agoI'm talking about performance. Browser applications are very resource intensive. That isn't a problem for rich people in developed countries, but most of the world can't afford to throw hardware at their problems. Besides, do we really think we'll be able to double hardware performance every year ad infinitum? Even Intel has given up on that pipe dream by now.
- angryasian 10y agoAgain Ill have to disagree, there were many efforts on delivering laptops for people in third world countries that ran linux and used browser apps primarily. Even chromebooks work fine in most educational spaces in the US. http://one.laptop.org/ http://one.laptop.org/