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I can't imagine anything more spectacular than running native code inside the browser securely and across multiple OS. Google is handling this just as they sho

I can't imagine anything more spectacular than running native code inside the browser securely and across multiple OS. Google is handling this just as they should and I can't see how else would you introduce such a major piece of browser infrastructure. This doesn't even compare to Google Wave.

noibl 16y ago
Yes, it's 'spectacular' to you and I. I meant in the broader sense of spectacle, the sense in which people on the street want to try it out because it's like nothing they've ever seen before. And that is possible with NaCl if expectations are properly managed.
- StavrosK 16y ago
  We already know what the killer demo is going to be, Doom in the browser.
  - skymt 16y ago
    Doom 3 maybe. We already have Quake 2 running in the browser using WebGL (http://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/ http://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/), anything less would undersell NaCl.
    - StavrosK 16y ago
      I was afraid of that, but yes, you're right. Doom is old enough to run with JS already.
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- mgw 16y ago
  People on the street are not interested in browser implementations and are therefore not the group which needs to be impressed in this case.
r00fus 16y ago
Google should tune into WIIFM: http://larryborsato.com/blog/2010/01/wiifm/ http://larryborsato.com/blog/2010/01/wiifm/ ...what exactly is the end customer going to do with this? If the end customer is developers, then yes, it's interesting and google should promote it heavily at something like GoogleIO or other dev venue. If it's for customers, it's going to need a killer app. (edited to remove anchor tag)
- SwellJoe 16y ago
  I suspect games will be the killer app for this, though the barrier to in-browser games is getting lower all the time with hardware-accelerated canvas becoming the norm. Nonetheless, high end games will probably continue to require native hardware access for the foreseeable future. You can't exactly build Call of Duty in JavaScript+Canvas or WebGL or whatever.
bonch 16y ago
Many people thought replacing email and IM with some grand collaborative technology would be spectacular too. A lot of articles were written about Wave, breathlessly reciting the history of email in their opening paragraphs as if it was already a given that Wave was a successor of equal magnitude. I'm not convinced at this point in time that NaCl offers enough advantages over the rapid development of JavaScript or the power and speed of operating system APIs. Apps running in the browser was attempted in the 90s with Java, and NaCl been around for a few years now. This link is just announcing that it's supporting the Pepper plug-in interface in Chrome.

noibl 16y ago

Yes, it's 'spectacular' to you and I. I meant in the broader sense of spectacle, the sense in which people on the street want to try it out because it's like nothing they've ever seen before. And that is possible with NaCl if expectations are properly managed.

StavrosK 16y ago
We already know what the killer demo is going to be, Doom in the browser.
- skymt 16y ago
  Doom 3 maybe. We already have Quake 2 running in the browser using WebGL (http://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/ http://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/), anything less would undersell NaCl.
  - StavrosK 16y ago
    I was afraid of that, but yes, you're right. Doom is old enough to run with JS already.
- deleted 16y ago
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mgw 16y ago
People on the street are not interested in browser implementations and are therefore not the group which needs to be impressed in this case.

r00fus 16y ago

Google should tune into WIIFM: http://larryborsato.com/blog/2010/01/wiifm/ http://larryborsato.com/blog/2010/01/wiifm/ ...what exactly is the end customer going to do with this? If the end customer is developers, then yes, it's interesting and google should promote it heavily at something like GoogleIO or other dev venue. If it's for customers, it's going to need a killer app. (edited to remove anchor tag)

SwellJoe 16y ago
I suspect games will be the killer app for this, though the barrier to in-browser games is getting lower all the time with hardware-accelerated canvas becoming the norm. Nonetheless, high end games will probably continue to require native hardware access for the foreseeable future. You can't exactly build Call of Duty in JavaScript+Canvas or WebGL or whatever.

bonch 16y ago

Many people thought replacing email and IM with some grand collaborative technology would be spectacular too. A lot of articles were written about Wave, breathlessly reciting the history of email in their opening paragraphs as if it was already a given that Wave was a successor of equal magnitude. I'm not convinced at this point in time that NaCl offers enough advantages over the rapid development of JavaScript or the power and speed of operating system APIs. Apps running in the browser was attempted in the 90s with Java, and NaCl been around for a few years now. This link is just announcing that it's supporting the Pepper plug-in interface in Chrome.