On Sunday 14 November 2010 17:56:52 Shamit Verma wrote: > > What sort of client side state do you wish to maintain ? AFAIK, > > one is no longer > > bound to using Java for feature rich browser based applications. > > Javascript (in > > the macro sense that also includes jQuery, YUI, all of google's > > js stuff and the > > tons of ajax libraries that litter the web) is quite capable of > > turning the browser into a proper target platform for > > alternatives to most desktop based > > applications. > > Javascript is not an optimal solution in this use case. > > Based on initial email of this thread, aim it to control a robot > from browser based UI. This requires very low-latency communication > between UI and device.
True. > > Request/Response model of JS is not suitable for this. Socket > connections via Flex/ Flash would be tool of choice in current > environment. Flex is open source and you can use open source flash > player for UI. Flash integrated nicely with browser via JS > interface. Flash is mpeg4 encoded which is patent encumbered by the finest patent trolls in the world. The decode licence expired recently, but was renewed a few weeks before that for a period TWO years. Further encoding for "commercial" purposes requires a mandatory licence. And the standards development body are amongst the best bunch of crooks one could aspire to be. No way am I going to touch flash. I dont know of "flex" like foss dev platform that uses vp8 or ogg-theora. Afaik there are none. > Or you can use Flash/Flex just for communication and implement rest > of UI in JS. > > Same functionality can be achieved via Java Applets, but UI > development is not a strength of Java (Swing). investigation continues..... mucking about the incomrehensible maize of frameworks. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
