[HN Gopher] WebAssembly in my browser desktop environment ___________________________________________________________________ WebAssembly in my browser desktop environment Author : DustinBrett Score : 50 points Date : 2022-03-28 05:46 UTC (17 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.wasm.builders) (TXT) w3m dump (www.wasm.builders) | syrusakbary wrote: | This is one of the most impressive things I've seen lately built | on top of WebAssembly. I remember some years ago (10ish?) there | was a push of Operating Systems in the browser, but they all | mostly became unused long-term because the browser APIs where not | as powerful then as they are now. I think Wasm changes completely | that assumption. | | Good work! | epolanski wrote: | But wasm doesn't provide those kind of APIs, anything we see | here should be available on JS too. | tehlike wrote: | wasm comes into play for things like dos emulator. | tehlike wrote: | Similar project: https://www.os-js.org/ | | Both look amazing. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-03-28 23:00 UTC)