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Re:The State of Desktop Applications in Node.js by nawitus on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @11:41AM (#8730037)
>I see google trying to blur the lines between that, but why is it necessary?

So that people don't need to install, maintain or update applications, and can access them everywhere in the world using just a web browser? And because they're also more secure than traditional applications that you need to install on your PC?

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Re:The State of Desktop Applications in Node.js by depr on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @11:44AM (#8730053)
That applies to Google's apps, but not to these Node desktop apps.
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Re:The State of Desktop Applications in Node.js by mempko on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @01:29PM (#8730768)
Having apps magically always update without user consent is developer friendly, but not user friendly.

Have you ever used a web app that changed in ways you didn't like?

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Re:The State of Desktop Applications in Node.js by nawitus on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @03:49PM (#8731601)
I'd say "not always user friendly". There are of course drawbacks with web apps.
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