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[retard]

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:58:06 -0500, Jeff Nowakowski wrote:

> On 12/17/2010 09:18 PM, retard wrote:
>>
>> FWIW, JavaScript still isn't very efficiently supported on many
>> platforms.
> 
> Do you think performance is a problem for a mortgage calculator?
> 
> I think the performance issues of JavaScript are way overblown for the
> majority of use cases. I think the biggest problem is people keeping
> open lots of tabs with crappy JavaScript running from ad farms.

You can test this by running popular google web applications with a 
vanilla installation of Gnome / KDE desktop. Those are the most used 
desktop environments in the Linux land. Both have problems with the 
khtml / webkit browsers provided by the environments. The neverending 
feed page in google reader makes Gnome's browser soon choke. Some events 
in gmail make KDE's browser confused (not responding to further events). 
This is the typical behavior you get with Linux distributions not using 
latest Firefox / Opera / Chromium. I'd consider the fact that you're not 
being able to read your mail quite critical. It's just that the html 5 
developers don't care. Webmails have worked with html 3/4 browsers for 
over 15 years now.