I've worked on a lot of web projects, but still I don't understand why we want to build applications in browsers. Don't get me wrong, I love the web and I've been hacking on it for a long time, but browsers can't do shit. Servers do all of the heavy lifting, even with "modern" web apps. Yet our browsers are resource-hungry monsters.
I'm currently working in the peer to peer application/protocol space and the biggest thing that stands out to me is the impact these technologies could have in developing countries. The challenge is making things light enough to run well on the weak hardware most people have to work with. Browser apps don't make the cut.
I'm currently working in the peer to peer application/protocol space and the biggest thing that stands out to me is the impact these technologies could have in developing countries. The challenge is making things light enough to run well on the weak hardware most people have to work with. Browser apps don't make the cut.