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A comment on Firefox 111.0 enabled Origin private file system access. Parent comment

Re:Firefox 111.0 enabled Origin private file system access by mihaaly on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @08:46AM (#35167444)
> desktop web apps

....what?! ... World Wide Web Desktop? World Wide Web on my desktop? My desktop on the World Wide Web? There must be some confusion here. : )

If an app becomes desktop app why the heck using a browser?

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Re:Firefox 111.0 enabled Origin private file system access by charcircuit on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @12:00PM (#35170344)
Because the web solved app distribution and sandboxing before desktop operating systems did.
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