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Broadly, it feels like the seemingly paradoxical "browser-based, offline-first" idea could be the future of everything. I think it's worth considering.
by jrm4 4y ago
Broadly, it feels like the seemingly paradoxical "browser-based, offline-first" idea could be the future of everything. I think it's worth considering.
- ljf 4y agoI used to love the jolicloud os which was exactly this - a very light weight Linux that basically just loaded chromium and a few apps that all worked offline (and most also had an online element too) . https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joli_OS https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joli_OS Brought to life many old laptops with that. And did what I needed.
- hedora 4y agoBrowser privacy is a tire fire though. I've taken to using Firefox focus and pressing the little trashcan icon every day or so. Anyway, I'd like to see a reasonable solution in this space, but I suspect the early adopters are largely the group of people that have essentially stateless web browsers.