4 ms·
Open source could work together flawlessly like that, but it'd need open, standard protocols to do so - and an adherance to them. A closed system just makes it
by Navarr 9y ago
Open source could work together flawlessly like that, but it'd need open, standard protocols to do so - and an adherance to them.
A closed system just makes it easier for someone to do - because they don't have to care about any standard protocols and can hack together whatever they want and everyone will just deal with it.
I'm not really arguing against you - but I think it's important to note that what we have is possible, just not _right now_.
Of course, _right now_ is when we all want it.
- zanny 9y agoIt has always bugged me how desktop Linux has never developed a "share" feature akin to what Android has - URIs and URLs that get indexed against a database of services to handle them, then presented to the user as consumers of the data. There have been a lot of attempts at dbus-based services to advertise or invoke other processes for various tasks but it never became as pervasive as share buttons and never had the UX.
- Navarr 9y agoReminds me a lot of some attempts by google to create a JavaScript API for that sort of thing. [1]: https://www.w3.org/TR/web-intents/ https://www.w3.org/TR/web-intents/ [2]: https://github.com/WICG/web-share https://github.com/WICG/web-share