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Discussion on: JavaScript and manipulating the DOM

 
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Meghan (she/her)

I think the user should have more control over what the browser allows pages to do but I do think that at the end of the day, if your computer can do it, the web should be able to do it too. and no i don't see a problem with pages using more that 1GB of RAM since many games use more than 1GB and i'd love for them to come to the web. the Web has more work to do to in regards to functionality and user control but if you think that web should only be used to pass files around then there isn't much I could say to convince you we're on a good road. however, I believe that the web is the best platform for application deployment ever made even though it wasn't originally made for that 30 years ago (and can still be used for open directories). many of the services we take for granted nowadays simply couldn't exist on the web back then because internet infrastructure did not have the bandwith to support the web as an application distribution platform. but that's changed since and the browsers are catching up.