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You had to install a web browser to run those web pages.
by edaemon 3y ago
You had to install a web browser to run those web pages.
- Tainnor 3y agoMore than that, you have to "install" the code for every webapp that you use at least once (unless it's cached).
- devnullbrain 3y agoHow do you differentiate between download and install? Is self-modifying code repeatedly installing itself?
- Tainnor 3y agoThere's no good distinction, but given that browsers have caches, I think there's at least a very blurry line there.
- devnullbrain 3y agoThen perhaps the distinction should be the programs called 'Windows installer' type in Explorer that TFA is talking about and not a blanket inclusion of all software that isn't ASM written on the device running it.
- devnullbrain 3y agoNot necessarily https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
- amelius 3y agoInstallation of the OS and the browser can be amortized away over a large number of app installations.