"Michael Stover" <michael.r.sto...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:mailman.1018.1292422650.21107.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... > And that's the problem - we're talking about applications that happen to > be > distributed via the web, not a "website".
Ahh, I see, so it's just "distributed via the web". Here are some applications that *are*, in fact, distrubuted via the web: - DMD - Eclipse - GIMP - Avisynth / VirtualDub - Linux / BSD Those are distributed via the web and using them doesn't require one damn bit of in-browser code execution. Hell, they doesn't even require a browser at all. And no, I'm *not* playing semantics games here: "Distributed via the web" means exactly what it means. So obviously we *are* talking about websites that act as apps, *not* merely apps distributed via the web. > Everyone's demands that it work > in lynx, FF2, with javascript turned off, etc are ludicrous. You don't > get > to make such demands of applications. Of course I get to. See, here I am demanding it. What can you possibly mean by I "don't get to make such demands of applications"? Of course I get to. > Some applications are Windows only. And Unix users *don't* use those apps (wine notwithstanding). Are you goint to complain about Unix users who refuse to use Windows apps or desire apps to be cross-platform? > Some don't follow platform standards. And I avoid using those programs. See, here I am making demands that you didn't think I could make. > Some require 1GB to work effectively. Even *I* have 1GB RAM. And some things *shouldn't* require 1GB RAM: Like a text-entry box. > None let you require it work without running code, etc. Strawman: Nobody ever said anything about not running any code at all. Web apps can work perfectly fine running code on the server.