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Well, we had this. They were called "applets", and they were all the rage for awhile, but then they died off. I'd be interested in hearing thoughts on why apple
by projectileboy 13y ago
Well, we had this. They were called "applets", and they were all the rage for awhile, but then they died off. I'd be interested in hearing thoughts on why applets failed, and how the current state of client-side web development is better or worse.
- girvo 13y agoApplets were very segregated from the DOM. What the lingua-Franca of the web would require is first class DOM manipulation support, such that it doesn't require it's own UI toolkit. Oh, and for it not to have horrid security bugs. That's what really killed applets ;)
- mercer 13y agoI think that's it exactly. For the many websites I've built I noticed that the biggest problems arise when the decision is made to do things in a 'custom' way. Custom back/forward functionality, custom scrollbars, custom 'widgets', and so on. Again and again it turns out more complicated than initially thought, and relying on the DOM and native interface elements would've been quicker and less error-prone.
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