Quoth Randal L. Schwartz on Friday, 10 September 2010: > >>>>> "Mark" == Mark Sommer <[email protected]> writes: > > Mark> That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5. > Mark> I have yet to see a release of HTML that is compatible across > Mark> browsers, i.e. adapted universally by all browsers uniformly. > Mark> Java is still a very viable platform, even on the browser. > > Whenever I see Java firing up on my browser, I cringe. (Flash too.) > > There are darn few things either of these do that a good modern > cross-platform library, like jQueryUI, can't do instead. > > Except for video playback, which HTML5 fixes as well. And yes, until > then, we're stuck with Flash. > > We needed Java before we had good JavaScript. Now we have good > JavaScript. > > I repeat... Java had its day. Time to move on. >
Perhaps someone could provide specific use cases for which Java is the only good solution? I don't have Flash installed on my browser, and what I lack from that is evident. I have yet to miss Java in any way. What problems would it solve for people that can't be solved using a different approach? -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | [email protected] | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com
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