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I hear what you're saying, but even inline images weren't originally part of HTML... http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0182.html http://1997

I hear what you're saying, but even inline images weren't originally part of HTML... http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0182.html http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0182.ht... If I'm being extra nitpicky, Flash and JS were both doing the rounds in '99, but that's beside the point, I understand you want a 'linked documents' web. In a hypothetical situation where that happened, would we have a different tech stack for zero-install client-server apps? I suspect people would still want to have them. What might this tech stack look like? What currently available software might be a good fit?

rayiner 11y ago
Whats wrong with Java? Its bloated, but if OS X's energy meter isn't lying, less so than a Chrome-based "native" app.
- ZenoArrow 11y ago
  You could use Java, but it doesn't solve the zero-install issue, updates aren't as seamless as web apps, both for the JVM and the apps itself. You could rework it into something that could work better, but the same could be said for web apps.