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by sirmoveon 1330 days ago
If we have to rethink the browser is not because of the UI. We have to take the browser to the smartphones ecosystem and dethrone app platforms.

Maybe, an app-able solution that mimicks most or all of the stuff one can get from developing for app platforms — because it would provide crossplatform, it would create the necessary incentive to develop for it. Also, user privacy first and open source.
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scarface74 1330 days ago
Yes because cross platform computer frameworks are so great. I’m sure the experience on mobile would be just as good.

There is a reason that Facebook moved away from a cross platform web app and even Google is moving away from its own cross platform framework Flutter:

https://9to5google.com/2021/10/10/google-ios-apps-native/

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djbusby 1330 days ago
Well, there was the proposal for WebUSB I think. I like it but seem to get shouted down.

If the browser was a little tighter to the hardware would be easier to dethrone App - with feature that currently can only be in app.

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