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Is it really square pegs for round holes? I don't think that the web as a mechanism for distributing applications would look much different even if it hadn't g

by rtpg 10y ago

Is it really square pegs for round holes? I don't think that the web as a mechanism for distributing applications would look much different even if it hadn't gone through the HTML stage. If not JS, it would have been Java applets. If not HTML, then some weird XML layout schema. There might have been a time where the web as a platform for applications was beyond silly, but this is not htat time. The platform is decidedly for shipping applications as well as pages.

HeavyStorm 10y ago
It's, but not by design.
- marpstar 10y ago
  ...and? There are plenty of things that were "designed" for one thing and used for something totally different.
  - goatlover 10y ago
    So using the right tool for the job is a poor metaphor in programming? Or is it advice that gets continually ignored?
    - marpstar 10y ago
      Well, when HTML/CSS/JS are the only tool for the job, they're the right tool for the job, that's for sure. Maybe HTML5 isn't the best option for mobile apps, but they can be used, and it even has advantages in some areas (ease of cross-platform development, for instance)
      - htrmancera 10y ago
        but it could be a lot better, and thats the whole point of the thread.
- jedberg 10y ago
  > It's, but not by design. As a side note, when I read this, I thought you forgot a word. Then I realized expanding the contraction yields a complete sentence. Interesting choice of construction. Out of curiosity, is English your first language?