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I wish NaCL was available across browsers - at the very least it offers completely different tradeoffs that can be useful as escape hatches for certain kinds of
by dman 14y ago
I wish NaCL was available across browsers - at the very least it offers completely different tradeoffs that can be useful as escape hatches for certain kinds of applications.
Also since none of Google's bread and butter products depend on it, I am a bit wary that it might be mothballed at some point. If anyone in this thread has more clarity about the NaCL roadmap I would be very interested in hearing about it.
- macspoofing 14y agoNaCL already feels like dead-man-walking. It's a tech that is completely controlled by Google and none of the other big guys (Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla) want anything to do with it.
- dman 14y agoThats a shame - Ive been on the fence on writing a data analysis environment using NaCL. Have a couple of small demos running but want to find out more about the roadmap before investing more time into it. This is the main reason I am going to Google IO this year to get some kind of feel for what the roadmap / traction looks like for NaCL going forward.
- macspoofing 14y agoIt's not going to be supported by anybody except Chrome, so whatever app you build, is going to cut 3/4ths of the market (plus all the Chrome Browser users that don't download Chrome apps). Most likely Google will keep it around for a while longer since it underpins not only Chrome Browser, but also Chrome OS. You're essentially in the ActiveX / Java Web Start worlds. It's fine if it suits your needs but it's not the web.