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> We don't use networked terminals to a mainframe The mainframe is now a rack of servers, still separated from the framebuffer by a long network connection. Th
by erik_seaberg 7y ago
> We don't use networked terminals to a mainframe
The mainframe is now a rack of servers, still separated from the framebuffer by a long network connection. The decline of X has us so desperate that we're abusing web browsers as remote displays.
- jcranmer 7y agoIs it the decline of X11, or the fact that HTML+JS+CSS has proven to be a better model for building UI applications than X11 has?
- cesarb 7y ago> The decline of X has us so desperate that we're abusing web browsers as remote displays. There's a fundamental difference between a X11 remote display, and an application running within a web browser. This difference becomes obvious when the network connection drops: the X11 application will immediately freeze, since all of its code was running in the remote computer, while the application within the web browser can retain some of its functionality.
- DonHopkins 7y agoAbusing? Web browsers are much better remote displays than X-Windows servers, by a long shot.
- the_why_of_y 7y agoDo you want that rack of servers to keylog you? That's what it would be able to do with an X11 connection.