The other thing is the j-word. Any language that needs the likes of CoffeeScript or Typescript to impose sanity on it was an unfortunate language to end up being the one built into browsers.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Wed, 31 May 2017, at 09:19 PM, Thierry Nivelet wrote: > Today's Browsers follow standard > > https://caniuse.com/ > > Thierry Nivelet > http://foxincloud.com/ > Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud > > > Le 31 mai 2017 à 21:30, Gene Wirchenko <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > > At 07:55 2017-05-30, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 30 May 2017, at 12:05 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > >> > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 3:07 AM, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > > In 2017, how many users are looking for desktop apps? > >> > > > >> > > Still plenty. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Seriously? > >> > > >> > > >> > >> Seriously. Anything that needs any sort of meaningful interaction with a > >> local file system or devices, or a rich UI for example. > > > > 1) Snappiness, too. > > > > 2) The UI limitations of browsers are a bother. Oh, yes, there are some > > solutions, but unfortunately, there is no standard. And many of the richer > > features require security compromises. > > > > 3) When something fails, is it due to a bug? A wrong browser version? > > Security blocking? It is much simpler when only one thing can fail. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Gene Wirchenko > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.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.
