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It's funny that part of the reason computer hardware has gotten faster and more efficient is because heavy usage work flows, even things like web apps. So whil

• freehorse 2y ago
  Is that true, or the reverse? That web apps became a feasible thing only after consumer hardware, esp phones, became performant enough to handle loads like that (which lead to less and less offloading to servers)?
  • tanewishly 2y ago
    I'd say that web apps became a thing because Google really wanted them to be. They first tried with their browser plugin. That worked, but adoption wasn't good enough. So they ditched Google Gears and started developing a browser with sufficient performance for web- native apps. They succeeded quite well. So in my view, browsers became capable, but then plenty of "heavy" web apps appeared, which required more beef in the machine. That's also the typical way it goes: current hardware being okayish but not great is one of the strongest drivers for better hardware. Whether it is gaming (PCs), camera (smartphones), the web bloating (both).
• liontwist 2y ago
  No. The motivation to make existing flows faster and do more of those at once is constant. It wasn’t initiated by bloated web apps