> Now that Java is going GPL, does that change your opion about applets > as an end user? Would you prefer to see a rich web interface in > OpenLaszlo (Flash-based) or a Java Applet? How about an applet or > applets in a page instead of AJAX?
I still hate both of them (Flash and Java applets). Ajax is fine if it's used properly (as in, it only affects small sections of the page, not the entire page). It's overused in many cases, though. Flash is fine for animation (a la Homestarrunner.com), you know, the thing for which it was designed. Anything beyond that is annoying. I'm not sure why Java's open-sourcedness would make applets any less annoying. Greg /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
