Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:16:51 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... Message-ID: <20100910151651.GA29465@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <86occ5k6yo.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <C8AF9565.488C1%msommer@somware.com> <86occ5k6yo.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
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--3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Randal L. Schwartz on Friday, 10 September 2010: > >>>>> "Mark" =3D=3D Mark Sommer <msommer@somware.com> writes: >=20 > Mark> That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5. > Mark> I have yet to see a release of HTML that is compatible across > Mark> browsers, i.e. adapted universally by all browsers uniformly. > Mark> Java is still a very viable platform, even on the browser. >=20 > Whenever I see Java firing up on my browser, I cringe. (Flash too.) >=20 > There are darn few things either of these do that a good modern > cross-platform library, like jQueryUI, can't do instead. >=20 > Except for video playback, which HTML5 fixes as well. And yes, until > then, we're stuck with Flash. >=20 > We needed Java before we had good JavaScript. Now we have good > JavaScript. >=20 > I repeat... Java had its day. Time to move on. >=20 Perhaps someone could provide specific use cases for which Java is the only good solution? I don't have Flash installed on my browser, and what I lack from that is evident. I have yet to miss Java in any way. What problems would it solve for people that can't be solved using a different approach? --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMikviAAoJEIpckszW26+RFA4H/RwhWNK05fFchMUBhqfH6Ya+ M4BpXg0N9lgTZ0+bCb+BQC8cZw7s9D2vKmgcguaH2UDWVh5CzfJX/gc0ZNWV2T8S 3LD+0AYOduaskyBZHzkXfTkl01U26ILykeJEE5nEa92HKVb8AiNk61pV+ip3EVKP ciFjEu1/1pHiLPwchqX/PHC0RQ+F/Pb/j8hBRctPO9Ag7PqZHzD01e1db5JD0u2A zs/G2WPbjg/ubhRB44KMu1PYFJw5IihtMGDMjqBTpBjP7k6rGFwkY/SRO+nAgFme dDXIOoK9GHSXUd+AmE7yPMBCLegcbNeTmowxvMbmQfWlDgQwu+9gHXzV42e/wLI= =VqNg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz--
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