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You're absolutely right that it's a pretty good way to build text/image-based documents and show them on a page (well, ignoring CSS and it's many quirks). But
by kayamon 11y ago
You're absolutely right that it's a pretty good way to build text/image-based documents and show them on a page (well, ignoring CSS and it's many quirks).
But a lot of people wanting to do web-things don't want to just show documents. If you want to build programs, it's not as convenient any more.
The open question remains of should we be trying to improve the web ecosystem to compete with desktop applications, or should we accept that maybe web browsers are best at document reading, and we should leave both to their respective areas.
- founderling 11y agoIf you want to build programs, it's not as convenient any more. Strange, my experience is the other way round. The browser is the most convenient platform I ever targeted. Can you express this in a code example? Actual code that shows what is hard to do in HTML+CSS+JS and easier on another platform?
- kayamon 11y agoWell, it's 1am here and I can't really be bothered to get into this too deeply, but here's one for you: How would you implement Netflix without using external plugins such as Silverlight?
- founderling 11y agoHow would you implement Netflix without using external plugins such as Silverlight? Upon first inspection this does not look like a code example to me, but rather like a question in english language? I have no knowledge about Netflix, so I don't know what the technical aspect of the question is. A code example would make it clear.
- the_why_of_y 11y agoYou need to be a little more specific than that. What particular feature does Netflix have that e.g. YouTube doesn't, that wouldn't be possible without a plugin?