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The fewer features the browser has, the more code ends up as native apps or on cloud backends instead of the user's device. How many IoT devices could have jus
by admax88q 5y ago
The fewer features the browser has, the more code ends up as native apps or on cloud backends instead of the user's device.
How many IoT devices could have just used bluetooth for interactive with them, but instead they all phone home to some central cloud server because the user experience of just hitting a web page is better than installing some clunky native app.
Should we "just go ahead" and expose everything? Of course not. But there's room for thoughtful implementation of these features that users want. A super secure platform that nobody uses provides security to no one.
- dmitriid 5y ago> But there's room for thoughtful implementation of these features that users want. Yes, there is. And that's exactly the position of both Firefox and Safari: don't rush in and implement stuff just because you can.
- admax88q 5y agoThere is a rush to implement stuff though. The demand for functionality continues to grow, and if the platform stagnates developers and therefore users will move to other platforms. It needs to be thoughtful, but the firefox position appears to be that web apps have no business accessing bluetooth or usb. Which as I explained earlier leads to user installing clunky native apps to interact with their bluetooth/usb gadgets, or the gadgets being deployed with phone home functionality so that user can still access them through a web portal. If firefox wishes to remain relevant they're going to have to implement the things that developers and users want. Nobody wants a dumb document browser anymore, that ship has sailed. Browsers are a ubiquitous application platform.