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Yes that's exactly how we think about it. Browsers were originally designed to access static pages and with the growth in adoption of SaaS applications it slow
by jberthom 8y ago
Yes that's exactly how we think about it.
Browsers were originally designed to access static pages and with the growth in adoption of SaaS applications it slowly became the default operating system for web apps. As you mention at the end of your comment, we don't believe that browsers will die, just a new category of apps like ours will emerge that aim to provide a tailored experience for web applications - an experience that neither web browsers neither existing operating systems can offer today.
I think browsers will always be there, we don't aim to replace them but the way people use them will shift. The mobile analogy is the most powerful I think: we do use mobile browsers on our smartphones but only to actually browse the web while we have a dedicated OS (iOS or Android) to actually handle all our apps. We want to build what iOS and Android built for mobile but on desktop.