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0 pointsng126y ago0 comments

> We have grafted an application platform on top of a document delivery platform.

The problem is this is incredibly valuable and we have no good alternatives. There is simply no better format for deploying applications than the web.

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BlueTemplar6y ago· 2 in thread

There is: it's the Internet. Also, native applications aren't crippled...

ng12OP6y ago

Have you ever tried to support a native application? There's a reason why the web is the preferred mode of delivery over the internet.

BlueTemplar6y ago

Sure, I do. And it doesn't seem that people that still have to support Internet Explorer have a much easier time considering that they seem to have settled on using a whole additional layer of abstraction !

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