Re:Living without the modern browser
by danShumway on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @10:36AM
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> There are also probably too many people using the web to build applications that should be native.
I hear this a lot, but I'm personally glad I don't need to download an app to my phone/computer to order pizza or find directions.
Obviously this is a balance, but of the two extremes that could exist, having too many web-apps seems to be better than having too few. The quickest, simplest step you can take ATM to improve your device security is to install fewer apps -- particularly if you use an OS like Android.
It's not clear to me that situation would get any better if half of the web disappeared.
If the user didn't have Javascript enabled, then yes.
You'll have to do the validation server side anyway, client side scripting is just a "nice to have" it shouldn't be mandatory.
There are also probably too many people using the web to build applications that should be native.