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If you ask the average surfer how excited he/she is about WebM, WebRTC, WebGL, XAML, WPF, etc in a new browser you'll probably get blank stare, a dropped ja
by quanticle 15y ago
If you ask the average surfer how excited he/she is about
WebM, WebRTC, WebGL, XAML, WPF, etc in a new browser you'll
probably get blank stare, a dropped jaw, and at best, a
response of "how fast is it?"
That's true, but it doesn't matter. When sites start using these advanced features, and the Chrome user shows the Firefox user, "But look what my browser can do!" that will drive adoption of Chrome.
EDIT: Also, XAML and WPF aren't web technologies. They're Microsoft technologies that are intended for the desktop. Put simply XAML is the UI layout language used by WPF and WPF is the .Net replacement for WinForms.
- Shenglong 15y agoYou might be right, but consider the adoption timeline for major technologies. It isn't sudden, and I really can't think of a big visual change, other than Flash. I remember when Flash 4 was new, and I was making Geocities websites with frames on Netscape. Most widespread technologies will be adapted by browsers before the masses use it - it's inevitable. I don't think feature-innovation is a KSF for browsers. It's actually interesting. I asked a few friends about this, and while all of my consultant/banker/business friends agreed with me, 3/5 of my engineering friends talked about features.