3 ms·
> It's about making desktop-class applications more accessible via the web. ... Go and take a look at a "desktop class application" from 10 years ago - say Ph
by pmlnr 6y ago
> It's about making desktop-class applications more accessible via the web.
...
Go and take a look at a "desktop class application" from 10 years ago - say Photoshop 6. Compare the speed, the UI, the native look & feel.
Go to a SPA today.
Cry.
- ehutch79 6y agoI think a better comparison would be a networked 'enterprise' app. Think SAP or Sage or something.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoYup. And if you are to compare desktop-class applications from the time where desktop apps weren't just embedded webviews with what typical web SPA does (how complex is it, how much actual content), then the first thing to remember is that this scale of desktop software had its executable size measured in dozens to hundreds of kilobytes.