3 ms·
We already have that. It’s called Java
by nlitened 5y ago
We already have that. It’s called Java
- Nevermark 5y agoJava might have been that, if HTML and all the other web tech had never happened and Mosaic, Netscape Navigator, etc. had started out as Java sandboxes.
- nlitened 5y agoIf Java has obviously not outcompeted HTML, one should reflect, in which way HTML is obviously better in things that matter compared to a code sandbox.
- Nevermark 5y agoI am not promoting Java over HTML. But existing and becoming entrenched as a worldwide standard many years in advance is a huge advantage for HTML over Java that isn't relevant to considerations of redesigning the Internet. So that would be a very big reason Java "lost" a major part of the battle it never showed up to. Very difficult bar to replace a platform so pervasive as HTML after the fact.
- DeathArrow 5y agoJava, Silverlight, Flash, Web Assembly. But the problem is that HTTP is more suited to deliver HTML and browsers were designed primarily to render HTML.