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What are circumstances that warrant it in a web browser? The things it makes possible can be had with native apps. What it does make possible is a new model for
by tannhaeuser 10y ago
What are circumstances that warrant it in a web browser? The things it makes possible can be had with native apps. What it does make possible is a new model for software and content sales. Which is precisely why I find it has no place in a web spec.
- shakna 10y agoI wish you were right, but the market has decided that the web is the next cross-platform framework. If this has to happen, let's make it work in a way that doesn't let the stupidest ideas survive. Using WA still requires JS to interact with the user. Which is far better than the monstrosities that JS is being forced to perform at the moment. Some simple, relatively sane things that WA can do, but JS is a bad choice for: * Client-side encryption/decryption * Socket management