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I thing one main missed point here is that the web-as-app shift on desktop happened before computers were super-mainstream and daily-used. It happened when most
by bionade24 5y ago
I thing one main missed point here is that the web-as-app shift on desktop happened before computers were super-mainstream and daily-used. It happened when most of its users were fine with new techniques to get stuff done.
- Beldin 5y agoActually, the web itself happened after computers had gone super-mainstream. That led to the dotcom-boom and burst of the late 90s/early 00s. From there, web 2.0 developed. Google started pushing its plugin (Google Gears) to deliver webapps, but uptake was too low and therefore their webapps suffered. Google solved that by building a browser that deliver the JavaScript speed they needed. That led to a proliferation of web apps as the term is understood nowadays.