Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The Web (HTML) Sux Date: 27 Dec 2025 04:05:56 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <10i7khm$2e0ab$3@dont-email.me> <10i8lit$2ltf1$1@dont-email.me> <10i8u2b$2p3ha$1@dont-email.me> <69487137@news.ausics.net> <20251222135823.000042ea@gmail.com> <10icgk7$3rvck$1@dont-email.me> <20251222144314.000060d0@gmail.com> <10icj90$3snlp$2@dont-email.me> <20251222153725.000058b6@gmail.com> <10icl7j$3t6jc$2@dont-email.me> <10igm2u$10hm7$1@dont-email.me> <10ihdst$1aaqu$9@dont-email.me> <10ii5u3$1hc1p$1@dont-email.me> <10ilchu$2eq5v$4@dont-email.me> <694f0c5a@news.ausics.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net lrJdAEJZ56Fa9GISyXOAxQTEcNfppqSi9UqaIJVn8qB/rhIGi3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:nsbLSOdK3Mie/YjQMs3DSIKRrfY= sha256:hP076UyNCKi+ndd4CR6HG++4rkpPLExvKZAzFcQC8Ic= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:79894 On 27 Dec 2025 08:29:46 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > That's fine, you want to write an application in a web browser, you can > do that. I won't use it because I think it's a wasteful and fragile > approach, but I'll find/write a native program instead. Real world scenario: The legacy system consisted of several Motif based GUIs, plus many backend daemons. For updates or bug fixes the GUIs have to be copied to several workstations in the dispatch center. It doesn't end there. In today's world every police car, fire engine, and ambulance has a laptop running applications. For bug fixes or updates with native programs you have to cycle each of those laptops through the shop, potentially a couple of hundred updates. Enter the web app. It runs in the browser, and is distributed from a central server. Update or make a bug fix on the server, all the client apps are automatically updated. Which is more resource intensive, has the most downtime, and has the potential for outdated native programs?