> and more to do with the web becoming the default application platform.
I dont even see any trend to suggest that is the case. Even if you count Electron as being one. Most Apps are not web based, and dont ever intends to be.
>So developers expect native OS level API access from browsers.
Exactly. It was certain group of developers that want the Web to be the default Application platform, starting with Mozilla's Firefox OS and later Chrome OS.
I think we need to differentiate a Web Page Engine and a Web App Engine. Although I would agree that even a Web Page Engine today is far too complex.
> and more to do with the web becoming the default application platform.
>> I dont even see any trend to suggest that is the case. Even if you count Electron as being one. Most Apps are not web based, and dont ever intends to be.
- Email
- Chat
- Music
- Calendar
- Word Processing
- Spreadsheets
- Social
- News
- TV
A shorter list would be what isn't on the web platform?
If you count streaming in, AAA games can be played from the browser since a while ago. I'm not a Google Stadia user but I participated in Project Stream which streamed Assassin's Creed Odyssey to browsers and from my brief experience it was pretty impressive.
None of the first list needs to be or what I would even call them as Apps ( Apart from Spreadsheet ) , they could be "Smart Document", or HTMl with JS sprinkle on top, or Interactive pages.
And the usage of Web Spreadsheets are not mainstream at all.
I dont even see any trend to suggest that is the case. Even if you count Electron as being one. Most Apps are not web based, and dont ever intends to be.
>So developers expect native OS level API access from browsers.
Exactly. It was certain group of developers that want the Web to be the default Application platform, starting with Mozilla's Firefox OS and later Chrome OS.
I think we need to differentiate a Web Page Engine and a Web App Engine. Although I would agree that even a Web Page Engine today is far too complex.