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Lightweight web browsing in bed. Check. Play a couple of games on the couch. Check. Read an occasional eBook. Check. Read HN and do my best to avoid typin
by rebootthesystem 12y ago
Lightweight web browsing in bed. Check.
Play a couple of games on the couch. Check.
Read an occasional eBook. Check.
Read HN and do my best to avoid typing on the awkward beast. Check.
Hand it to a guest who needs to check webmail. Check.
Not caring about it any more. Check.
Writing web apps instead of native apps because you have all the control. Check.
Not having to deal with the App Store. Check.
Having a real computer on my desk to actually get shit done. Priceless.
For everything else there's MasterCard.
- zghst 12y agoLets not kid ourselves about Web apps. We get control, but working with JS, limited APIs as well as rewriting everything that an OS would provide in God knows what ever framework of the day is horrific. As someone who splits time between .NET, iOS + OS X and JS, I weep every time I have to touch JS. An app store is actually a really good way to curate content. Sure we always hear about the 15% of devs who have issues with it, but for the other 85%, they are doing just fine. It's more good than bad.
- CmonDev 12y ago"We get control..." Which control? I can't even pick a different non-legacy language without crap-trans-pilation.