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This. This so much. And it's safer for the user. Have you ever tried distributing binaries on the internet? People are very reluctant to run a random binary (an
by kaoD 10y ago
This. This so much. And it's safer for the user. Have you ever tried distributing binaries on the internet? People are very reluctant to run a random binary (and rightly so).
Also IMH developer perspective HTML+JS+CSS is surprisingly a not so bad UI toolkit, and React makes the development experience even better.
I will always bet on standards and, at least for now, modern web is the standard that I can trust.
- nkassis 10y agoThe value of the browser sandbox is often dismissed but it's doing a great job at allowing people to run untrusted code from the web without much thought behind it. I also strongly believe users are much more willing to try websites than download entire app anyways just to see if it's any good.