Comments on: Next Generation Javascripting http://mozillalabs.com/blog/2008/06/next-generation-javascripting/ Just another mozillalabs.com weblog Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:12:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Web Mechs http://mozillalabs.com/blog/2008/06/next-generation-javascripting/comment-page-1/#comment-3048 Web Mechs Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:51:42 +0000 http://mozillalabs.com/?p=76#comment-3048 Gapminder's Trendalyzer http://graphs.gapminder.org/ is a very impressive example of just what is possible in Actionscript/Flash, which is of course, Javascript (although the very Java-fied ECMAScript 5 version). Gapminder’s Trendalyzer

http://graphs.gapminder.org/

is a very impressive example of just what is possible in Actionscript/Flash, which is of course, Javascript (although the very Java-fied ECMAScript 5 version).

]]> By: Web Mechs http://mozillalabs.com/blog/2008/06/next-generation-javascripting/comment-page-1/#comment-3045 Web Mechs Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:31:21 +0000 http://mozillalabs.com/?p=76#comment-3045 <i>"Computer programs lost something important when displaying a splash of color stopped being one line of code. To throw a phosphorescent splotch onto the display on the Apple II required simply 'plot x,y'"</i> Ever since I discovered Python, I've been writing reams of text to try to express the idea that those two sentences so succicntly convey. <i>"The Open web, as an authoring enabler, is a compelling move back towards that lost ease."</i> and LOST EASE is exactly what it is! <i>"dispel the view that Javascript and Dynamic HTML were mainly useful for form validation and making annoying websites"</i> D-mn right. I have much to thank Douglas Crockford for for making me see that Javascript is a language worthy of much respect. “Computer programs lost something important when displaying a splash of color stopped being one line of code. To throw a phosphorescent splotch onto the display on the Apple II required simply ‘plot x,y’”

Ever since I discovered Python, I’ve been writing reams of text to try to express the idea that those two sentences so succicntly convey.

“The Open web, as an authoring enabler, is a compelling move back towards that lost ease.”

and LOST EASE is exactly what it is!

“dispel the view that Javascript and Dynamic HTML were mainly useful for form validation and making annoying websites”

D-mn right. I have much to thank Douglas Crockford for for making me see that Javascript is a language worthy of much respect.

]]> By: AK911 http://mozillalabs.com/blog/2008/06/next-generation-javascripting/comment-page-1/#comment-3047 AK911 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:14:08 +0000 http://mozillalabs.com/?p=76#comment-3047 @Rainbow: Wrong. Javascript cannot replace Flash or Air nor is it its intention. It will be able to do more \flash-like\ things in future, true. Like imaging or maybe even Sounds. But what about Video, Animation, complex Interactions, usability and performance? If you want to stick all that into JS then it automatically \becomes\ Flash as someone has to pay the MPEG-Consortium for the right of the use of industry standard Video-codecs. And believe me, XViD is just another proprietary standard. @Rainbow: Wrong. Javascript cannot replace Flash or Air nor is it its intention. It will be able to do more \flash-like\ things in future, true. Like imaging or maybe even Sounds. But what about Video, Animation, complex Interactions, usability and performance? If you want to stick all that into JS then it automatically \becomes\ Flash as someone has to pay the MPEG-Consortium for the right of the use of industry standard Video-codecs. And believe me, XViD is just another proprietary standard.

]]> By: Rainbow Trout Lures http://mozillalabs.com/blog/2008/06/next-generation-javascripting/comment-page-1/#comment-3046 Rainbow Trout Lures Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:00:32 +0000 http://mozillalabs.com/?p=76#comment-3046 The future of web software development will definitely continue to be in JavaScript and XHTML. It's good to see these technologies mature and improve. RIA products like Silverlight and AIR will go by the wayside just like Java applets have. The future of web software development will definitely continue to be in JavaScript and XHTML. It’s good to see these technologies mature and improve. RIA products like Silverlight and AIR will go by the wayside just like Java applets have.

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