Re: [dev] Interesting post about X11

On 15 June 2010 12:51, Connor Lane Smith <cls_AT_lubutu.com> wrote:
> On 15 June 2010 09:58, Robert Ransom <rransom.8774_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> - a terminal emulator written in JavaScript
>> - which produces its output by manipulating XML DOM objects
>> - which in turn cause a browser to rerun its page *layout* algorithm
>> - and then redraw the terminal screen
>
> You have heard of HTML5's <canvas>, right?
>
> It's the JavaScript which makes me balk. I think the web will be a lot
> nicer to develop for once browsers begin to understand that <script
> type="text/x-python"> means it should spawn a (sandboxed) Python
> interpreter, etc.

There is a paradox solution:

  http://code.google.com/p/nativeclient-sdk/

It is the logical consequence of seeing the browser as the low level
bit of application programming if one faces the limitations of the web
2.0 stack ;)

--Anselm
Received on Tue Jun 15 2010 - 12:09:46 UTC