On Wed, April 11, 2007 3:19 pm, Paul G. Allen wrote: > Add client-side Java stuff and yes, the user may have to install a Java > client.
You just walled off 98% of the population that isn't tech-savvy. Java just got tossed out of the running. > Thus limited Javascript with JSP. JScript != Javascript, which ca cause > problems (thanks again M$). So you agree with me....yet another technology killed by M$. >> That leaves Flash. I HAVE NO IDEA why Microsoft includes Flash in IE >> without trying any funny business to break compatibility. > > Seems every time I turn around I have to install/upgrade flash for one > browser or another if I want to see Flash content. Annoying. Not always. Think of Flash as just sucking less than Java and Javascript regarding ease of use then. Flash doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be better than the alternatives to win. >> Hence, it looks to me like Microsoft decided that Flash will be the de >> facto standard and they succeeded. >> >> Correct me if I'm wrong since I'm not a web guru. >> > > I have yet to see the benefits of Flash. I still don't know what the big > deal is regarding AJAX (but admittedly don't know enough about it to > judge). Flash is great for easy video in your browser. I don't have a TV so Google Video is sort of like my "TV" now and it seems to be all Flash. Chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
