New opportunities for D => ASM.js

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:15:40PM -0700, David Gileadi via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 5/16/14, 11:52 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> >But then using it as a GUI engine and software platform is like
> >abusing Latex or PDF to make software run inside Acrobat Viewer. All
> >the effort, bloat and compromises...and for what point?
> 
> I assume that question is mostly rhetorical, because of course the
> point for many companies is that while some subset of users may have
> Acrobat Viewer installed, everyone has a browser.

Given my belated discovery today (that PDFs can contain scripts,
attachments, and movies), I regard this as a most fortunate thing! Else
we'd be stuck with AdobeOS inflicting bloat, security holes, and broken
functionality on computers everywhere.


> Compare the process of installing a native app (even on simple devices
> like phones) to the single click for loading a web app. Add to that
> making sure the user gets timely bug fixes and new features and it's
> easy to see why web apps make sense for many companies.
> 
> It's just tragic that the format for them evolved through HTML; it's
> become monstrous and deformed in all the ways you've discussed.

I long for the day when we will finally shed all vestiges of HTML,
Javascript, CSS, and whatever it is that's the hot item today, and
replace it all with a properly-designed universal system. Sadly, I will
probably not live to see that day.


T

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