Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
A very underrated flippening: It feels like these days when open source software devs make software with UIs *that runs locally*, a lot of the time the UI is built *as a webpage* and you access it by going to localhost:3030
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Fidel Ramos
@framos.eth
I actually like it, much lighter than an Electron UI for example, and more portable. The web browser is the ultimate compatibility platform.
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Bethany - countessellis.eth🎩
@ellis
Why move it local in that case? What’s the benefit over deploying it on a high performance server and accessing it remotely?
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Fidel Ramos
@framos.eth
Who's gonna pay for the high performance server? With the local server the user pays for the compute. Also nice that data can remain local.
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Bethany - countessellis.eth🎩
@ellis
Why not take advantage of the enhanced graphics and capabilities if it’s only going to be ran locally? The advantage of web based interfaces is remote interaction without local installation. Even using something as light weight as TK can give a better experience and more powerful interface.
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The Technocrat
@thetechnocrat
Safe execution environment is another advantage of web based apps. The barrier of trust to download an app on a computer is much higher than going to a website. A web frontend can still do a lot of the interaction logic client side.
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Fidel Ramos
@framos.eth
Besides what @deanpierce.eth and @thetechnocrat have said, IMO native toolkits are harder to develop. Even if you use a multi-OS GUI library, you still have all OS interaction. In the end that leads developers to release "MacOS only" or "Windows only". You can see why many Linux users are liking the web UI trend.
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Dean Pierce 👨💻🌎🌍
@deanpierce.eth
Graphics and capabilities of web apps seem to be way more powerful and standardized than any of the "native" UI toolkits. Web frontends can easily be ported to any platform, everything else was a huge mess. This might have been a more pronounced problem for me as a Linux user, but web UX seems like an obvious win.
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