From d588283fb2e0a8cafef5b19b0a859d9bc02aee54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Omar Rizwan Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2020 18:00:25 -0800 Subject: Firefox fixes, md update --- tabfs.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'tabfs.md') diff --git a/tabfs.md b/tabfs.md index ffb6424..9f4d182 100644 --- a/tabfs.md +++ b/tabfs.md @@ -225,15 +225,17 @@ import a plotting library or whatever the same way? dragging `imports.plotlib()` to invoke that JS file the browser has a lot of potential power as an interactive programming -environment with built-in stuff. i think something that holds it back -that is underexplored is lack of ability to just... drag files in and -manage them with decent tools. many Web-based 'IDEs' have to reinvent -file management, etc from scratch, and it's like a separate universe -from the rest of your computer, and migrating between one and the -other is a real pain (if you want to use some Python library to munge -some data and then have a Web-based visualization of it, for instance, -or if you want to version files inside it, or make snapshots so you -[feel +environment, one where graphics come [as +naturally](https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1295828978477932544) as +console I/O do in most programming languages. i think something that +holds it back that is underexplored is lack of ability to just... drag +files in and manage them with decent tools. many Web-based 'IDEs' have +to reinvent file management, etc from scratch, and it's like a +separate universe from the rest of your computer, and migrating +between one and the other is a real pain (if you want to use some +Python library to munge some data and then have a Web-based +visualization of it, for instance, or if you want to version files +inside it, or make snapshots so you [feel comfortable](https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1288725175895068673) trying stuff, etc). @@ -242,8 +244,12 @@ interesting because I almost want each tab to be [less of a commodity](https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1344753559007420416), less [disposable](https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1270192308772691968), -since it's the site I'm dragging stuff to and it might have some -persistent state attached) +since now it's the site I'm dragging stuff to and it might have some +persistent state attached. like, if I'm programming and editing stuff +and saving inside a tab's folder, that tab suddenly really +[matters](https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1251863115022491653); I +want it to survive as long as a normal file would, unlike most browser +tabs today) ## Setup -- cgit v1.2.3