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While I think stuff like Google Docs is practically magic, I agree. I think it'd be a net positive if it wasn't possible to do stuff like that on a browser. So
by fluoridation 5y ago
While I think stuff like Google Docs is practically magic, I agree. I think it'd be a net positive if it wasn't possible to do stuff like that on a browser.
Sometimes I wonder how things would have turned out if Java plugins hadn't been security Swiss cheese.
- DarraghBurke 5y agoWould it better for the majority of applications to be native apps that run outside a sandbox with full access to the filesystem? The browser actually gives us more security.
- fluoridation 5y agoThere's no reason why applets couldn't have been sandboxed as much as any browser scripting. If they had taken the role JS now occupies, we might have seen that development.