Comment by rickcarlino
7 hours ago
Desktop operating systems should be able to run zipped web apps the way Electron apps run today. It ought to just be part of the OS.
7 hours ago
Desktop operating systems should be able to run zipped web apps the way Electron apps run today. It ought to just be part of the OS.
Unzip it.
Double click the html file.
The OS will run the web app using a browser that is just part of the OS.
You have clearly never actually tried that.
Adobe Air, for the obscure nostalgia bomb
I was going to mention Microsoft Active Desktop in the original comment, but I didn’t want HN to know how old I am.
And if there's a form or something with a backend? Just break?