On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:11:46 -0700
Lars via Lazarus wrote:
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> It's amazing someone hasn't thought of a web server that works off line,
> that uses no ports, and just runs as some kind of plain Exe not using any
> http port... Not sure if this is an absurd idea (actually, that's kind of
> wh
On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 17:40:03 -0700
Lars via Lazarus wrote:
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> I thought the idea of web assembly was not to compile to javascript, but
> to compile to byte code..
Yes, Javascript compatible bytecode. Keep in mind that the vendors are
still experimenting. So it is not yet clear when it will
>>> The best reason to have some local (whatever how limited) widget is
>>> for IDE popups of helptext instead of an external browser.
External browser requires alt-tabbing away from the ide which is a pain. A
external browser cannot be communicated with once you open the html file.
with a local w
On Wed, November 9, 2016 7:57 am, Marco van de Voort via Lazarus wrote:
> The frequent updates that often break interfaces are also an headache.
>
This is what happened to firefox: xul runner's current state is
broken/unknown/scary. I hope the same doesn't happen to chromium.
Cef1 has some incompa
On Wed, November 9, 2016 3:10 am, Graeme Geldenhuys via Lazarus wrote:
> On 2016-11-09 05:13, Lars via Lazarus wrote:
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>> I find the documentation, for example, for
>> Total Commander, to just be a little bit too Windows 3.1 looking.
>>
>
> I'll bet you a 6-pack of beer that the documentation was
On Wed, November 9, 2016 3:07 am, Graeme Geldenhuys via Lazarus wrote:
> On 2016-11-09 04:43, Lars via Lazarus wrote:
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>> One issue, back in the day, was that you could only use Java
>> programming language, right?
>
> Hence the name "Java Applet" ;-)
>
>
But, could one compile fpc code to jav
On Wed, November 9, 2016 4:02 am, Michael Schnell via Lazarus wrote:
> On 09.11.2016 11:53, Mattias Gaertner via Lazarus wrote:
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>> WebAsm <> WebAssembly.
>>
>>
>> WebAsm is "A processor for text-based documents (most notably, HTML)".
>>
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>> WebAssembly is a subset of JavaScript with some add
On Wed, November 9, 2016 2:38 am, Michael Schnell via Lazarus wrote:
> IMHO Silverlight is dying because Java is the winner over C#, due to
> Android systems outselling any other OS architecture.
>
>
> Hence WebASM - that seems to be based on Java - might be successful in
> pushing the idea of allo
