I agree that HTML5 is the way forward. And I also believe that a more client/server approach with API calls is the way forward. But I would like to have more than belief to base the decision upon. Therefore I am interested to see if anyone has managed to create a good HTML5 web 2.0ish site with the Java standards, JSF and portlets. But based on the discussion no one seams to know any :).
On Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:17:37 PM UTC+2, James Ward wrote: > > I believe this is possible today via PhoneGap-ish Desktop App frameworks > and with Windows 8 you can build desktop apps with HTML5. Ubuntu is > also working on making desktop apps from web technologies. As well as > Chrome OS. :) > > HTML5 will soon be the most ubiquitous UI technology for web, desktop, > and mobile apps. :) > > -James > > > On Thu, 2012-10-18 at 16:20 -0300, Ricky Clarkson wrote: > > Wake me up when you can write to a DVD drive from HTML5. > > > > Desktop apps have their problems but I believe they're more in > > security than straight ugliness/difficulty. Who wants to run my > > random exe file compared to navigating to my random web page? > > Virtually nobody, because the OSs don't sandbox applications, they > > sandbox users. That needs fixing, plus the requirement of admin > > rights to install apps needs removing, then we can eliminate this > > pointless web/desktop boundary and start writing more straightforward > > code again. > > > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Casper Bang > > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, October 18, 2012 6:34:19 PM UTC+2, fabrizio.giudici > wrote: > > >> > > >> This is agreeable (for the relevant contexts), but we should also be > aware > > >> that architectures have had a flip-flop attitude in the past years. > > >> Client/Server was also the apparent trend fifteen years ago, then > things > > >> changed, and then changed again. I would not bet a single eurocent > that > > >> within two years things will stay the same. > > > > > > > > > For sure, trends come and go even in our geeky world. However, the > world is > > > getting more heterogeneous and I don't really see what would make the > > > pendulum swing back - certainly not in two years from now. We went > from > > > modal applications based on 80x24 ASCII characters, to windowed > desktop > > > applications, to model2 browser applications and now finally to native > > > mobile iOS/Android apps. With devices getting more and more diverse > and > > > embedded service consumption moving into printers, TV's, set-tops etc. > I > > > don't see the current HTML5/Ajax model (Canvas, LocalStorage, > WebSockets > > > etc.) going away anytime soon. And really, I doubt very many are going > to > > > miss Swing, Silverlight nor Flash. > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Java Posse" group. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/2OVZw4raOOsJ. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<javascript:>. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] <javascript:>. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/fRK-VnEEY8cJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
