Daniel AppelquistMar 20

Yes, but is it the web?

What is the web? I’ve been working in the web since the beginning of the web, and I co-chaired the W3C Technical Architecture Group for over a decade, so you think I might be able to answer this simple question. Some think anything you can do “in the browser” is the web and anything that happens outside the browser (such as in a native app) isn’t the web. However, you can have very non-webby experiences in the browser and likewise apps can sometimes be very webby. I think the web […]

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Yes, but is it the web? – Dan's Blog

Show threadDan Connolly

@daniel intranets are not the web?

Scaling down is a very important part of web architecture, no?

Mar 21 at 4:30amWeb
Show threadDaniel AppelquistMar 21
@dckc @daniel Most intranets I know probably wouldn't qualify. However, I don't think my "globally addressable" test necessarily rules out intranets, nor does it rule out other kinds of access control. Splitting hairs? Maybe.