This got me thinking... someone should build a local service that hosts a library of static web apps for use cases like this. Essentially, apps that are something between bookmarklets and Electron apps. Might even make Electron unnecessary for a bunch of use cases.
It would be neat to visit /app/notepad, /app/kanban, /app/todo, etc. at a localhost port, with an index of apps at /. There could even be a /get-apps page that connects to an npm-like library of single-HTML-file apps available for download from a github.io static site backed by a public repo that accepts pull requests.
I'd love to see all the VC-funded glorified desktop utilities on the web become unnecessary.
It would be neat to visit /app/notepad, /app/kanban, /app/todo, etc. at a localhost port, with an index of apps at /. There could even be a /get-apps page that connects to an npm-like library of single-HTML-file apps available for download from a github.io static site backed by a public repo that accepts pull requests.
I'd love to see all the VC-funded glorified desktop utilities on the web become unnecessary.