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Very forward thinking, considering two OSes have been built in that image since, one which is quite successful (ChromeOS, with the other being Mozilla's Firefox
by rezonant 3y ago
Very forward thinking, considering two OSes have been built in that image since, one which is quite successful (ChromeOS, with the other being Mozilla's Firefox OS).
And modern PWAs is the same concept, just more in the presentational style of the contemporary-at-the-time HTX container format Microsoft added.
- mid-kid 3y agoFirefox OS still lives on as the decently successful KaiOS, for really cheap feature phones. Those things are vastly popular in some countries.
- _shantaram 3y agoThere's some discussion about whether it has become abandonware though. Kai hasn't said anything since 3.0 dropped.
- hnlmorg 3y agoMore than just two. WebOS would probably fall into this category too. Which would also then include LuneOS. Electron probably deserves a mention too (since you raise the point of PWAs).
- rezonant 3y agoI always though webOS didn't actually use the web stack for its applications but after some reading, I guess it does, though you can also make apps using Qt.
- CalRobert 3y agoBesides that, we just made the browser the OS to a large extent. Want to do some coding? Open browser, use an online IDE, etc.