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Reminds me of OpenDoc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDoc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDoc The idea was that the main element of a computer shouldn't b
by olivierduval 5y ago
Reminds me of OpenDoc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDoc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDoc
The idea was that the main element of a computer shouldn't be an application but a document... and a document is a composite of pieces like spreadsheet, video, etc.
At the time, the idea was to have an open standard to replace the Microsoft apps... and to be able to replace MS apps with any other, piece by piece. It didn't work out then but, in a way, we now have a kind of open standard to build composite document (even including applications inside): HTML (with javascript).
Maybe it could be a good time to give this idea a new look?
- mnutt 5y agoI see some analogues in Sandstorm.io, for the web: they’re self-hosted web apps, where instead of the app being the atomic unit, each document (“grain”) is separately managed by sandstorm, and there’s a separate instance of the app running for each document. It pulls things like security and access control up a level, and will have even more benefits as sandstorm grain management matures.