On 06/22/2012 11:30 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:01 AM, AndyD<[email protected]> wrote: >> An interesting article in sdtimes but the author plays down the fact >> that in a real-world environment HTML5 is still partly vapourware, and >> everyone promoting this ignores the fact that javascript is malformed >> and crippled. The goal of replacing the desktop with a browser has >> always been blocked by the need to let javascript out of the sandbox if >> it's to be really useful; even if javascript /were/ fit for purpose the >> browser environment is sandboxed for inescapable security reasons. >> Having said that it looks from the article as if ms are walking on the >> edge of the cliff: >> /Visual Studio 11 beta to build an HTML5 application .... JavaScript is >> the language that accesses the WinRT runtime/ >> > ------------------- > > Yeah that jQuery stuff is just a fad. > > >
Actually, HTML5 will provide many feature previously only available in JavaScript. Given the choice of using HTML or JavaScript to accomplish a task, I would go with HTML. Regards, LelandJ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
