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This is a competitor in the AIR / silverlight / JavaFX space Javascript can be enormously faster: compare ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0, which are implementations o
by 13ren 18y ago
This is a competitor in the AIR / silverlight / JavaFX space
Javascript can be enormously faster: compare ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0, which are implementations of ECMAscript (which Javascript is also) in Adobe's Flash.
If Google can basically get these things right - local persistence, speed and animation tools - the Web OS that Microsoft has greatly feared will be finally upon us...
- queensnake 18y agoWho knows but that what's next on Google's plate is a great implementation of SVG or whatever, to be a completely open alternative to AIR and Silverlight. I think we can almost expect it.
- llimllib 18y agoThe webkit implementation of <canvas> is excellent, which fills most of the need for SVG, especially with separate processes for tabs.
- sratner 18y agoAnd with html5 video support in Webkit, another advantage of Flash evaporates. There is still the question of distribution, though.
- jsrn 18y agowebkit already has decent SVG support: http://webkit.org/projects/svg/status.xml http://webkit.org/projects/svg/status.xml