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Even if Mark’s view is correct (debatable), the only way HTML5 will ever ‘get there’ is if the developer community continues to build apps on HTML5 that push th
by cek 14y ago
Even if Mark’s view is correct (debatable), the only way HTML5 will ever ‘get there’ is if the developer community continues to build apps on HTML5 that push the boundaries of performance.
The presumption that the developer community can impact this is also debatable. What proof-points in history are there for technologies that became popular or standard because DEVELOPERS decided to adopt them? In most cases you come up with, I bet you'll find their success was short-lived or medocre. Compared to say Objective-C and iOS or Win32.
Platforms (and related technologies) become popular/de-facto-standards because CUSTOMERS buy the value proposition of the product. Developers then adapt/adopt.
I'm not saying developers have no impact, I just don't think the impact is enough to really move the ball.
- icebraining 14y agoIn what way have customers chosen e.g. Java over other languages and technologies? Customers set constraints that restrict choice, but they don't choose them, developers do. And while for iOS apps those constraints heavily limit the choice of language, the same is not true for the choice of backend language in web apps, for example. Or for desktop applications, for that matter.