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And the strange thing is: I can already start a VLC binary over the network via my file manager. A lot of people think we need to start rethinking the web. But
by pasta 10y ago
And the strange thing is: I can already start a VLC binary over the network via my file manager.
A lot of people think we need to start rethinking the web.
But as the poster points out: "but that’s what we have and here we go"
- zaphar 10y agoYeah at some point we by default decided the benefits of just go to this URL as a way to install software outweighed the negatives. It wasn't even really a deliberate decision collectively. We solved problems in a locally optimal way but I suspect it's not the globally optimal solution.