Lea Verou, PhDOnce more I replied to an issue in one of my open source projects with something along the lines of "Yeah, you can't just open HTML files like that, you need to use a localhost".
It makes me think our community may be suffering from tunnel vision. 🧵
Thaddée Tyl@leaverou Strongly agree! On top of it, many functionalities are HTTPS-only which can be even harder for newcomers to set up.
Could the browser start a static server when someone loads a .html file? With some security warnings?
@espadrine Yup, https is another one I've seen novices struggle with. I've wondered about this too.
mostlyfocusedmike@leaverou @espadrine I know! We're at that awkward stage now where it's not impossible to configure with something like AWS and an 8 step tutorial, but I can't wait for it to just be, "click here to get HTTPS cert."