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Is it a failure when everyone writes javascript/html/css instead of doing native applications for non gaming? Most of HN seems to think using a web browser as

Is it a failure when everyone writes javascript/html/css instead of doing native applications for non gaming? Most of HN seems to think using a web browser as a translation layer is a good idea, yet they complain when games use a translation layer.

wolvesechoes 2y ago
Is it a failure when everyone writes javascript/html/css instead of doing native applications for non gaming? Yes?
pjmlp 2y ago
Yes, definitely, that is why now we have ChromeOS developers instead of Web developers.
- WD-42 2y ago
  You better have made this comment via a native windows hacker news desktop application.
  - pjmlp 2y ago
    I would gladly have used one, if it existed without being a web widget wrapper. I miss the days of native apps with Internet protocols, and USENET discussions.
  - nottorp 2y ago
    Hacker news is a web site, not an application. A web site makes for a crap application and the reverse.