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Simple: web vs net. The net is a means of connecting one computer to another. The web is interconnected content, accessible via the net. The web, with its in
by Qz 17y ago
Simple: web vs net. The net is a means of connecting one computer to another. The web is interconnected content, accessible via the net.
The web, with its interconnectedness, happens to be a pretty good tool for distributing content. Applications tend to be tools for manipulating content. So we get web applications: tools for manipulating content that you can find or create on the web. The problem comes when web applications start to bite the hand that feeds, by isolating the content within the application from the rest of the web.
- bnwrd 17y agoThank you, Qz. I really regret that final line. It was too blunt, absolute and negatively emotive. I'd have edited it later had it not been extensively quoted by the time I woke up next day. Your expansion here gets to the heart of what I was hoping to say, and is fantastic.