“We would be willing to set up a $2,500 bounty to implement scrollbar styling”

Re:“We would be willing to set up a $2,500 bounty to impleme... by DanBC on Monday April 06, 2015 @06:48AM (#9327413)

The web today is two things: a document delivery system; and an app delivery system.

Sadly the two functions have merged and so people deliver their documents in their apps. It's incredibly restrictive and a step backwards. Content that would be fine with a bit of html and css and leave the browser to display it is now wrapped up in extra css and javascript just because PHBs and bad designers insist on pixel perfect cross browser design.

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Re:“We would be willing to set up a $2,500 bounty to impleme... by dredmorbius on Monday April 06, 2015 @09:18AM (#9327906)

Actually, there are at least two more functions:

1. A media interface / playback system for audio/video content.

2. A commerce platform.

Arguably, a communications platform for both realtime interactive and asynchronous messaging. Some of that probably arguably does belong in the browser, though much could go elsewhere.

The problems that accompany this are not just the complexity you describe, but bloat, security nightmares, stability and interactivity issues, and more.

I started calling for at least a 4-way split about a year ago, and I suspect it may emerge, though through simplified tools (likely eBook readers) acquiring more web-like capabilities.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/256lxu/tabbed_...

The increasing tendency of browser vendors to incorporate Readability (or similar functionality) directly into their browsers seems to be one positive sign that there's an awareness of the problem.

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