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I've always thought it might be interesting to have apps like this that run locally on web technologies. Is there hope for this model? One obviously shortcoming
by pbreit 12y ago
I've always thought it might be interesting to have apps like this that run locally on web technologies. Is there hope for this model? One obviously shortcoming as exemplified here is the painful installation process. I suspect people are also going to be concerned with what's being installed where.
- smrtinsert 12y agothere is if we can agree on a base tech (node.js for example), an app store model, and the environment is sandboxed. this would let people produce apps that would work everywhere - from raspberry pis to pcs to macs. also sadly, some sort of drm should probably exist.
- jkbr 12y agoI'd been planning on releasing it together with a Dockerfile so that people could easily run it locally in an isolated container. It turned out to be a bit more complex than I had anticipated so Docker support will come later. But I think that could be a viable model for locally-installable web apps in the future.
- jkbr 12y agoBtw, help with the Dockerfile would be appreciated: https://github.com/jakubroztocil/cloudtunes/issues/2 https://github.com/jakubroztocil/cloudtunes/issues/2
- jkbr 12y agoAlready dockerized! https://github.com/jakubroztocil/cloudtunes#with-docker https://github.com/jakubroztocil/cloudtunes#with-docker
- orky56 12y agoI definitely second this. As we move towards multiple devices with predominantly flash storage, the device should be responsible for serving the content rather than storing it. The more we can move towards these types of apps, the better.
- aendruk 12y agoSomething like https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit?