Re: google proposing to deprecate KEYGEN

http://qz.com/466089/the-fastest-growing-mobile-phone-markets-barely-use-apps/

Just saying...

On 4 August 2015 at 09:18, Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 2015-08-04 08:01, Henry Story wrote:
>
>>
>> On 30 Jul 2015, at 16:44, Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2015-07-30 16:32, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
>>>
>>>> :(
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mozilla.dev.platform/pAUG2VQ6xfQ/FKX63BwOIwAJ
>>>>
>>>
>>> Since none of the big users of client-side PKI have ever bothered with
>>> this crap
>>> it won't be missed.   This signifies the (expected) end of WebID-TLS as
>>> well.
>>>
>>
>> Not quite, as it depends on what happens in the TLS 3.0 group. But
>> WebID-TLS can still
>> work very well for server to server communication. It seems that in any
>> case that is what
>> is going to have to happen, as browser vendors seem to have lost their
>> marbles somewhere
>> along the way from Netscape to here.
>>
>
> The browser folks have lost the war against "Apps".  They don't realize
> (or acknowledge) the
> obvious either: By bridging the Web and App worlds you could COMBINE the
> power of BOTH worlds.
>
> The Web advocates are rather betting on that Apps is a fad, completely
> ignoring the fact
> that Google, Apple, and Microsoft are putting giant resources into their
> App platforms.
>
> Anders
>
>
>
>> Henry
>>
>>
>>> Anders
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Received on Tuesday, 4 August 2015 09:04:40 UTC