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A comment on Ask HN: In the next 5 years which markets will grow the most and why?.

Re:Ask HN: In the next 5 years which markets will grow the m... by jayaram on Monday May 22, 2017 @03:07PM (#14396103)
I think in the next 5 years desktop applications are going to be a thing again. Frameworks like Qt, electron, nw.js and others have made it very easy for developers to create desktop applications.
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Re:Ask HN: In the next 5 years which markets will grow the m... by nextweek2 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:54AM (#14402257)
I struggle with that suggestion. Which probably means you are correct.

However we are seeing technologies like WebAssembly and WebGL which are directly addressing the benefits of desktop applications. What would a desktop application offer over browser based app?

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