I assume you're referring to Steve Sanderson's Blazer project - "Experimental UI framework running .NET in the browser via webassembly"?
https://github.com/SteveSanderson/Blazor David On 22 November 2017 at 21:20, David Connors <da...@connors.com> wrote: > WebAssembly? You could port the clr to it so you can run webforms in a > browser. Greg will want to have your babies as a result. > > On Wed., 22 Nov. 2017, 8:48 pm Tony Wright, <tonyw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> After all this time it means that the browser is ripe for disruption, and >> it might not even be a variant of what we've been doing so far... But what >> is it?What would it look like? >> >> On 22 Nov 2017 8:38 PM, "Ken Schaefer" <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: >> >>> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-bounces@ >>> ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Harris >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 22 November 2017 3:44 PM >>> *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >>> *Subject:* Re: Creating a browser-based product >>> >>> >>> >>> Plugins like Silverlight and Flash made web apps open to using a lot >>> more of the client machine’s resources to provide an interactive >>> experience. But, the industry has not supported these plugins for some >>> reason I fail to fully understand. >>> >>> Because Adobe Flash was more bugs than actual working code? The cost of >>> supporting Flash made it unappealing to people who pay the bills? >>> >>> If we cannot use Silverlight or Flash and fat clients are too hard / >>> expensive to install, you are back to the dumb terminal browser plus >>> Javascript again. >>> >>> Yes, and no. There’s offline storage, and some execution, that can be >>> offloaded to browsers. >>> >>> Look at compute intensive apps like 3D modelling or video editing, they >>> could never be done properly with today’s browser technology! >>> >>> Nothing is binary. At some point, the benefit of running a thick client >>> native app is greater than the cost of maintaining it. >>> >>> But those use cases seem to be shrinking year-on-year. >>> >>> Or maybe even a win forms app, because it is fast, I have 100% control *and >>> it is not really that hard to install*! >>> >>> The technical cost of your one app isn’t that much. But the total cost >>> of supporting a desktop does not increase linearly with the number of apps. >>> It increases exponentially, and thus doesn’t scale. >>> >>> >>> >> -- > David Connors > da...@connors.com | @davidconnors | https://t.me/davidconnors | LinkedIn > | +61 417 189 363 >
