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Re:React: Finally, a great server/client web stack by Iftheshoefits on Thursday January 23, 2014 @10:31PM (#7113205)
Browsers aren't general purpose applications. They can't fill every application role on the computer. The more "web dev" tries to push them in that direction, the slower, more difficult to develop and maintain, and generally poor they will be, and then the "dynamic web applications" that run on them will suffer.
Re:React: Finally, a great server/client web stack by antihero on Friday January 24, 2014 @04:16AM (#7114038)
What, for instance? Your comments seem heavy on condemnation but light on substance. Sure there are certain donation specific tools such as Photoshop or 3dsmax or ableton etc that wouldn't work in the browser, but for your day to day business 99% application, the user generally does not need to do anything that the browser cannot.

The fact is, the web world is evolving at an extremely fast rate, and leaving the native world in the dust.

Re:React: Finally, a great server/client web stack by Iftheshoefits on Friday January 24, 2014 @11:40AM (#7115780)
I don't argue that the browser cannot be made to do something. I merely point out that making it do "everything" will only end up in disaster for browser creators and maintainers, and for app developers alike.

The "web world" hasn't even caught up to the native world yet. It may be evolving very rapidly, faster than native, even, but it's still behind.

Re:React: Finally, a great server/client web stack by danabramov on Friday January 24, 2014 @07:54AM (#7114657)
What do you propose, exactly?
Re:React: Finally, a great server/client web stack by dredmorbius on Saturday January 25, 2014 @03:36AM (#7120284)
I've just addressed that elsewhere in this thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7120285

Re:React: Finally, a great server/client web stack by sehr on Friday January 24, 2014 @09:13AM (#7114906)
It's always easier to criticize than rectify.