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I agree with almost all of your post, but some nitpicks: > Microsoft knew that most apps are forms way before the web (WinForms) Windows Forms was initially r
by jen20 4y ago
I agree with almost all of your post, but some nitpicks:
> Microsoft knew that most apps are forms way before the web (WinForms)
Windows Forms was initially released in early 2002 with .NET Framework 1.0, which _also_ shipped ASP.NET Web Forms (which was a crime against HTTP) - but the forms analogy for Windows apps goes back much further - at least to Visual Basic in the early 90s.
> So if I use the intermediate DOM layer Chromium provides, I get immediate support for 6 platforms
You get the ability to display things to users of those and interact with those users, not support for them as platforms.
- horsawlarway 4y agoFair point on the windows forms analogy going back farther, and overlapping with the web by the 2000s. I was ~5 in 95, so it gets a bit hazy farther back. > You get the ability to display things to users of those and interact with those users, not support for them as platforms. I'm not clear on the distinction you're trying to make here. The browser functions as expected on those platforms (with the usual caveats around hardware capabilities limiting some use-cases). I'm targeting the browser to get wide support.