Ask HN: What are things desktop applications do that web apps can't?

Posted by theterriblestid on Sunday February 23, 2020 @08:41PM
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For example: controlling the mouse, which can't be done from a browser for security reasons.

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Re:Ask HN: What are things desktop applications do that web ... by fuzzfactor on Monday February 24, 2020 @11:06AM (#22405249)

Well, you can streamline & integrate an entire office's financial, scientific, engineering, marketing, sales, recordkeeping, paperwork, HR, and internal communication and it can be done with the utmost security & reliability when there is no wireless and no connection to the web whatsoever.

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Re:Ask HN: What are things desktop applications do that web ... by nineteen999 on Sunday February 23, 2020 @10:52PM (#22401498)

Heavyweight media creation applications; eg. Blender/ZBrush, Substance Designer/Painter, Avid MC, ProTools, Adobe Premier/AfterEffects, UE4 Editor.

I always get a chuckle out of web programmers who think that because they can do their entire job out of a few web apps, that everyone else can too.

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Re:Ask HN: What are things desktop applications do that web ... by cloudking on Sunday February 23, 2020 @10:06PM (#22401293)

Fully interact with the operating system API/SDK, not just a subset of it.

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Re:Ask HN: What are things desktop applications do that web ... by consultutah on Sunday February 23, 2020 @09:08PM (#22401065)

Process extremely large amounts of local data quickly.

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Re:Ask HN: What are things desktop applications do that web ... by theterriblestid on Sunday February 23, 2020 @09:16PM (#22401099)

True, is that why Adobe does things the way it does?

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