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> We have grafted an application platform on top of a document delivery platform. The problem is this is incredibly valuable and we have no good alternatives.
by ng12 7y ago
> We have grafted an application platform on top of a document delivery platform.
The problem is this is incredibly valuable and we have no good alternatives. There is simply no better format for deploying applications than the web.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoThere is: it's the Internet. Also, native applications aren't crippled...
- ng12 7y agoHave you ever tried to support a native application? There's a reason why the web is the preferred mode of delivery over the internet.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoSure, I do. And it doesn't seem that people that still have to support Internet Explorer have a much easier time considering that they seem to have settled on using a whole additional layer of abstraction !
- icedchai 7y agoIt really comes down to ease-of-updates. Web apps are trivial to update. No build / cross-platform / deployment issues that you encounter with native apps.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoUpdates are a problem that has been solved decades ago by package managers ?
- icedchai 7y agoVelocity of updates is also important. If I update a package, it can take weeks, months... maybe years... before end users update. If I update a web site, it's instantaneous.