• BobbyTables@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    If only we had the technology that would allow us to compile software into an intermediate language and provide a runtime for a multitude of operating systems, instead of running everything in a fucking browser. That would be so cool, that way a text editor would not need 2 Gigs of RAM. And maybe outlook would not take ages to load

    We could name the technology .net or something. Or maybe name it after a coffee bean.

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      20 hours ago

      Making their email client an enhanced version of their web client has its drawbacks but it makes development a lot easier.

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        9 hours ago

        If only they had enough money to fund the development of both a native and a web version