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   Hi Borax!   
      
   03 May 2020 07:20, from Borax Man -> Richard Menedetter:   
      
    RM>> They ARE designed for it for a long time.   
    BM> Yes, for a long time this mistake has festered.   
      
   We agree to disagree :)   
      
    BM> The issue is that we are reimplementing gui elements over HTTP, and   
    BM> this has meant having to bolt on functionality.  I used to use quite a   
    BM> few web based apps at work, now none. What used to be a web based apps   
    BM> is now dedicated client programs using a crossplatform toolkit like   
    BM> QT.   
      
   I did not mean that it is the best solution for everything.   
   But there are a lot of really, really good usecases.   
      
    BM> We will continue to see complex websites, such as YouTube, Jitsi,   
    BM> there will always be rich web portals, but we will see fewer   
    BM> applications unrelated to a website using browsers.   
      
   I do not know.   
   99% of the programs I use privately are browser and terminal.   
      
   I used to use a specialized mailclient, now I use webmail.   
      
    RM>> For example ChromeOS runs all its apps in the browser.   
    RM>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_OS   
    BM> Is it a proper OS, or an appliance?   
      
   I do not use it, so I am not that familiar.   
   But it seems that it is a small linux system, where linux is hidden, and the   
   only shell is the browser.   
   It is used to view webpages and to run applications.   
      
    BM> What I was referring to are things like web based Material Resource   
    BM> Management programs, Quality Management programs and other enterprise   
    BM> applications.   
      
   At work we have a lot of webapps.   
   Most of them are not very well made.   
   But usually because they did not put in a lot of effort, or they used really   
   bad SAP Webthingy (whatever that is called.)   
      
   But naturally I agree that huge specialized applications can be better   
   optimized if they are local apps.   
      
   But something like this is still extremely powerful:   
   https://www.freephototool.com/   
      
   CU, Ricsi   
      
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