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Why does so many people want to create desktop-like web apps? It's not a desktop, it's the web. It never worked and it always looked bad and unusable.
by dan_sim 18y ago
Why does so many people want to create desktop-like web apps? It's not a desktop, it's the web. It never worked and it always looked bad and unusable.
- sbecker 18y agoGmail? Google Docs? They work, look fine, and lots of people use them all day long.
- unalone 18y agoNeither of those are at all desktop-like. Google was arguably the first NON-desktop-like email emulator, because it didn't include things like drag-and-drop, focusing instead on what it could do well that a desktop app couldn't.
- ams6110 18y agoI think your last sentence answers your question.
- wmf 18y agoLaziness. We know what desktop apps are supposed to look like, but designing good Web apps is still more of an art.
- DenisM 18y agoreusing learned behavior is good for usability.