I think it's fair to say that developing gnome applications at the moment is something of a nightmare, and anything they can do to woo the developer community i

I think it's fair to say that developing gnome applications at the moment is something of a nightmare, and anything they can do to woo the developer community is a good thing. Using javascript as a scripting language seems to be pretty popular these days, so I can't really say I'm surprised at the choice. A proper C code base with easy to use javascript wrappers would make writing apps in GTK using gnome libraries a lot easier. Just one other comment: > JavaScript is increasingly being seen as a first class desktop programming language -- it us being used in Windows 8, mobile platforms, and for local web applications. No it's not. Ffs, that's the magical unicorns and rainbows future microsoft is betting on, and no one is buying it at the moment. Those RT apps are crap. We have yet to see if javascript can be a compelling desktop story. Just be honest: We want developers and we're hoping like hell that people will write JS apps for Windows 8 and we'll get a synergy bonus from that and the same people will write gnome apps as it becomes the defacto standard.