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Ask HN: What are things desktop applications do that web apps can't?
For example: controlling the mouse, which can't be done from a browser for security reasons.
- consultutah 7y agoProcess extremely large amounts of local data quickly.
- theterriblestid 7y agoTrue, is that why Adobe does things the way it does?
- cloudking 7y agoFully interact with the operating system API/SDK, not just a subset of it.
- nineteen999 7y agoHeavyweight media creation applications; eg. Blender/ZBrush, Substance Designer/Painter, Avid MC, ProTools, Adobe Premier/AfterEffects, UE4 Editor. I always get a chuckle out of web programmers who think that because they can do their entire job out of a few web apps, that everyone else can too.
- fuzzfactor 7y agoWell, you can streamline & integrate an entire office's financial, scientific, engineering, marketing, sales, recordkeeping, paperwork, HR, and internal communication and it can be done with the utmost security & reliability when there is no wireless and no connection to the web whatsoever.