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> I don't understand why you would ever want this to be a desktop app. I thought you were going to say that it needs to be a website+mobile app for maximum ado
by PhasmaFelis 8y ago
> I don't understand why you would ever want this to be a desktop app.
I thought you were going to say that it needs to be a website+mobile app for maximum adoption, and I was ready to say that you have a point but full-weight desktop apps still have their place. Then I looked up FreshRSS, and it's an aggregator that you host yourself?
Any answer to the question "how can we get more regular users to adopt a service" that starts "first, they all need to install Apache..." is very doomed.
- oneeyedpigeon 8y agoIsn't Apache installed by default on at least all desktops nowadays? Obviously, people should be expected to tinker with httpd.conf, but something fully automated running on top of Apache isn't beyond imagination - and the installation could even be handled automatically if required.
- oblio 8y agoIs Apache installed by default on Windows and MacOS? I find that very hard to believe :) Also, regular users tinkering with httpd.conf? Really?
- oneeyedpigeon 8y agoIt is on MacOS. And read my comment again - I agree that expecting users to tinker with httpd.conf is ridiculous.
- oblio 8y agoHey, I couldn't tell, maybe you enjoy self-flagellation. Maybe you tinker with sendmail.cf and .fvwmrc for fun :p
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoIs there a typo, maybe? Your previous comment says "Obviously, people should be expected to tinker with httpd.conf", emphasis mine.
- oneeyedpigeon 8y agoGrrr - that explains the misunderstanding! Thanks :)
- true_religion 8y agoWhen you say all desktops, are you including Windows and OSX in this?
- oneeyedpigeon 8y agoOSX is the only desktop OS I have recent experience with; consider that question a genuine one rather than a rhetorical one!
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoIt's not installed on Windows by default, so far as I know.