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This is why I'm all for the future of apps being web-based. Write once, and able to run everywhere.

by rabuse 6y ago

earthscienceman 6y ago
Sounds a little like what Firefox OS was trying to do. They had a great idea, they were just too far ahead of their time.
- chacha2 6y ago
  Not really, the iPhone planned to do the same thing.
tsimionescu 6y ago
Gradually making Chrome the only OS that really matters. The web is already almost as closed (for apps) as phones are - you can choose Chrome, Safari if you're on Mac, or Firefox. Everything else is just repackaged Chrome. Edit: forgot Opera Mini, for what it's worth. Firefox is dying out, and Google is pushing for less and less user freedom in Chrome, while Apple is extremely reluctant to implement new features that make Safari a better app platform.
- isolli 6y ago
  Can you expand on which features Apple is reluctant to implement in Safari?
  - tsimionescu 6y ago
    These ones: Web Bluetooth Web MIDI API Magnetometer API Web NFC API Device Memory API Network Information API Battery Status API Ambient Light Sensor HDCP Policy Check extension for EME Proximity Sensor WebHID Serial API Web USB Geolocation Sensor (background geolocation) User Idle Detection Note: I do understand Apple's privacy concerns with some or even most of them. But most of these are obviously necessary if you want to turn the browser into the main application platform, for better and for worse.
- SahAssar 6y ago
  > The web is already almost as closed (for apps) as phones are What? Nobody needs permission to publish a webpage, while every week we hear about google or apple blocking or unpublishing apps with flimsy justifications.
  - tsimionescu 6y ago
    I was thinking of closed in terms of number of options, not publisher control of apps. You're right that browsers don't tend to censor content on the web today. Tomorrow, we'll see.
das4119 6y ago
KaiOS. Firefox as a toolkit / OS. (Likely wrong terminology but you hopefully get the idea)

This is why I'm all for the future of apps being web-based. Write once, and able to run everywhere.

by rabuse 6y ago

This is why I'm all for the future of apps being web-based. Write once, and able to run everywhere.

Sounds a little like what Firefox OS was trying to do. They had a great idea, they were just too far ahead of their time.

chacha2 6y ago
Not really, the iPhone planned to do the same thing.

tsimionescu 6y ago

Gradually making Chrome the only OS that really matters. The web is already almost as closed (for apps) as phones are - you can choose Chrome, Safari if you're on Mac, or Firefox. Everything else is just repackaged Chrome. Edit: forgot Opera Mini, for what it's worth. Firefox is dying out, and Google is pushing for less and less user freedom in Chrome, while Apple is extremely reluctant to implement new features that make Safari a better app platform.

isolli 6y ago
Can you expand on which features Apple is reluctant to implement in Safari?
- tsimionescu 6y ago
  These ones: Web Bluetooth Web MIDI API Magnetometer API Web NFC API Device Memory API Network Information API Battery Status API Ambient Light Sensor HDCP Policy Check extension for EME Proximity Sensor WebHID Serial API Web USB Geolocation Sensor (background geolocation) User Idle Detection Note: I do understand Apple's privacy concerns with some or even most of them. But most of these are obviously necessary if you want to turn the browser into the main application platform, for better and for worse.
SahAssar 6y ago
> The web is already almost as closed (for apps) as phones are What? Nobody needs permission to publish a webpage, while every week we hear about google or apple blocking or unpublishing apps with flimsy justifications.
- tsimionescu 6y ago
  I was thinking of closed in terms of number of options, not publisher control of apps. You're right that browsers don't tend to censor content on the web today. Tomorrow, we'll see.

das4119 6y ago

KaiOS. Firefox as a toolkit / OS. (Likely wrong terminology but you hopefully get the idea)