The Future of the Web Is on the Edge

Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by lifty on Thursday October 06, 2022 @03:29PM (#33112844)

Wait till we get to the final stage, where we install apps on people's computers directly. That way, we get ZERO latency. Can't wait! What should we call it?

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Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by hbrn on Thursday October 06, 2022 @06:36PM (#33115017)

Sarcasm aside, this is actually a good point.

Most apps are either unable to work without a semi-centralized database.

Or can work with local database and slow syncs to the cloud (a la Dropbox).

Very few apps fit between those two categories. Edge looks like a solution looking for a problem.

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Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by aliqot on Thursday October 06, 2022 @06:19PM (#33114859)

At long last.. "Year of the linux desktop".

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Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by mlrhazi on Thursday October 06, 2022 @04:56PM (#33113993)

Applets ?

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Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by doctor_eval on Thursday October 06, 2022 @05:26PM (#33114295)

Distributed client-side edge cache.

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Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by doctor_eval on Thursday October 06, 2022 @07:48PM (#33115680)

Oooh I know.

Cacheless

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Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by albertgao on Thursday October 06, 2022 @08:53PM (#33116108)

Native app , or, desktop app… it’s already there for decades….

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Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by asim on Thursday October 06, 2022 @04:48PM (#33113895)

Local first!

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Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by Existenceblinks on Thursday October 06, 2022 @03:59PM (#33113266)

Edgy PC!

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Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by billywhizz on Thursday October 06, 2022 @05:07PM (#33114124)

a web browser?

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Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by maxwellpeterson on Thursday October 06, 2022 @05:11PM (#33114153)

picoservices

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Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by pistoriusp on Friday October 07, 2022 @01:29AM (#33117768)

"localedge"

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Re:The Future of the Web Is on the Edge by gl-prod on Friday October 07, 2022 @02:55AM (#33118215)

Yeah, we just gonna need 5 devs to build and support 5 different native apps. /s

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