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   -=> Richard Menedetter wrote to Borax Man <=-   
      
    RM> Hi Borax!   
      
    RM> 02 May 2020 19:31, from Borax Man -> Richard Menedetter:   
      
    RM>> You can also use the WebRTC Browser version without any   
    RM>> additional software. Security wise Jitsi makes much more sense.   
    BM> WebRTC is an API?  Seems there is browser support.   
      
    RM> yes   
    RM> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC   
      
    BM> Having browsers as all-purpose software platforms is really an abuse   
    BM> of the browser.   
      
    RM> I completely disagree.   
    RM> It is not ABuse but intelligent USE!   
      
   They were never designed to be application platforms.  That is why browsers   
   take gigabytes of ram and need modern computers.  All that functionality has to   
   be put into every browser, even if someone just wants to render plain HTML.   
      
    BM> Curses to the man who man who thought you could use   
    BM> the web to create apps!   
      
    RM> Why curse that genius?   
      
   Because it solved the wrong problem.  The problem was cross platform graphical   
   apps.  Browsers were abused to provide this, then we had bloat as all this   
   added functionality had to be added in.  Thankfully with mobiles, we are seeing   
   proper dedicated   
   "apps",  specific front ends with clear APIs, which is how it should have been   
   in the first place.  That is, you have a well documented API, and anyone can   
   write any program using it.   
      
   Why reinvent a graphical interface, when the OS already has one?   
    RM> CU, Ricsi   
      
    RM> ... He was so narrow-minded he could see through a keyhole with both   
    RM> eyes! --- GoldED+/LNX   
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