Then again, GWT isn't exactly addressable/discoverable. In general I like Google for embracing the web, often it seems like everyone runs away from it and invents complex and artificial layers that we then can't use from all our devices (think iPhone/Android). I suppose applets were the worst of these layers. The best was XUL in my opinion.
/Casper On 30 Jun., 01:46, Jess Holle <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed. > > Though "discoverable data" is of near infinite benefit to Google and > /far/ more limited value to those trying to write an /application/ vs. > those primarily focused on presenting content. Yes, that's a blurry > distinction, but there are clear extremes here -- ThinkFree on the one > hand vs. Wikipedia on the other. Google's not evil here, but clearly > what's best for them isn't necessarily best for everyone (not even > everyone but their competitors). > > -- > Jess Holle > > ctwise wrote: > > Google wants very much for everything to move to HTML. They don't > > want Flash. They don't want Silverlight. They don't want JavaFX. > > All of those technologies move us away from discoverable data and all > > of the benefits of simple HTML. > > > HTML5 and Chrome are an attempt to make Flash and plug-ins pointless. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
