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I expect a redecentralization of the network with wasm. It could destroy the web and something new could emerge. Something simple and open again. The web of t

I expect a redecentralization of the network with wasm. It could destroy the web and something new could emerge. Something simple and open again. The web of today is like the X protocol in 80s. Too much sophisticated and very hard to implement. VNC can be seen as a replacement of X. Simpler and better in many aspects. wasm can fail too or have a limited success like webrtc. In a world full of robots, markdown is enough to render most contents like JSON is better than XML.

ossreality 11y ago
"open". I'd really like to understand what you and others in this thread think the definition of the word "open" is, exactly.
pcwalton 11y ago
I hope (and suspect) that Web Assembly will find a lot of use for people who need to use it. But I also think that CSS and HTML will remain the presentation technology of choice for the vast majority of Web sites. That's because, contrary to popular opinion, HTML and CSS are actually technically pretty good. They have a lot of flaws, but every proposed JS- or wasm-based replacement for them that I've seen has been significantly worse.
- vmorgulis 11y ago
  > They have a lot of flaws, but every proposed JS- or wasm-based replacement for them that I've seen has been significantly worse. I'm a fan of Gopher and Wikipedia mobile. http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw.lite http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw.lite https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/?mobileaction=toggle_view_mo... HTML and CSS are not bad. The problem (for me) is the lack of diversity in the layout engines. It can be explained by the complexity of the standards. It's near impossible to create a new browser from scratch (that can display modern websites). BTW people can't choose something else because there is nothing else and every computer has a web brower. It's more a monopoly.

ossreality 11y ago

"open". I'd really like to understand what you and others in this thread think the definition of the word "open" is, exactly.

pcwalton 11y ago

I hope (and suspect) that Web Assembly will find a lot of use for people who need to use it. But I also think that CSS and HTML will remain the presentation technology of choice for the vast majority of Web sites. That's because, contrary to popular opinion, HTML and CSS are actually technically pretty good. They have a lot of flaws, but every proposed JS- or wasm-based replacement for them that I've seen has been significantly worse.

vmorgulis 11y ago
> They have a lot of flaws, but every proposed JS- or wasm-based replacement for them that I've seen has been significantly worse. I'm a fan of Gopher and Wikipedia mobile. http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw.lite http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw.lite https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/?mobileaction=toggle_view_mo... HTML and CSS are not bad. The problem (for me) is the lack of diversity in the layout engines. It can be explained by the complexity of the standards. It's near impossible to create a new browser from scratch (that can display modern websites). BTW people can't choose something else because there is nothing else and every computer has a web brower. It's more a monopoly.