You can't claim the JavaScript technologies of now and apply them to Tcl of the 90's. Tcl is an ace language and well suited for the web.
What shows is that the old stigma of programming held everything back and most of that was Oracle. Still the same today with Google, Facebook and so.
Java Applets were phenomenal and way ahead of their time. It just got caught up in the swamp and broadband wasn't available to enable the technology to flourish. I never loathed them, I loved them. 3D graphics in the browser; we still struggle with that today.
Everything back then was a pain but is anything easier now? Tried using Windows 11? Even Linux has lost its charm.
WebGL isn't mature enough and Apple is cutting OpenGL from their OS. Where is the HTML5 equivalent of Flash? I have yet to see it other than Ruffle.
If the plugins were adopted, and browsers were adaptable to the plugins that would decuffed the browser rather than the current trend of the internet where the schematics are now vastly dominated and ruled by Google & co cuffing the browser and any other future browser for that matter in to nose dive spiral.
Firefox is the only major alternative and is only floundering because of Google.
If plugins were the browser from the get-go then any shift of plugins could rock the boat.
> Are you saying that the native browser APIs evolving to make Flash obsolete is a bad thing?
Pretty much yes. HTML 5 was Googles push for dominance, JavaScript was too. Not sure if intentionally but they sure at it now. "Don't be evil" I seem to recall.
Without it's merits, it would too have it's own problems but I would wager that the internet ecosystem would be broader and more united than what it is now.
Extensions don't count as it's difficult to use another programming language in the browser unless it's tied to WASM or built in. And even then you're further restricted where features are torn out.
What shows is that the old stigma of programming held everything back and most of that was Oracle. Still the same today with Google, Facebook and so.
Java Applets were phenomenal and way ahead of their time. It just got caught up in the swamp and broadband wasn't available to enable the technology to flourish. I never loathed them, I loved them. 3D graphics in the browser; we still struggle with that today.
Everything back then was a pain but is anything easier now? Tried using Windows 11? Even Linux has lost its charm.
WebGL isn't mature enough and Apple is cutting OpenGL from their OS. Where is the HTML5 equivalent of Flash? I have yet to see it other than Ruffle.
If the plugins were adopted, and browsers were adaptable to the plugins that would decuffed the browser rather than the current trend of the internet where the schematics are now vastly dominated and ruled by Google & co cuffing the browser and any other future browser for that matter in to nose dive spiral.
Firefox is the only major alternative and is only floundering because of Google.
If plugins were the browser from the get-go then any shift of plugins could rock the boat.
> Are you saying that the native browser APIs evolving to make Flash obsolete is a bad thing?
Pretty much yes. HTML 5 was Googles push for dominance, JavaScript was too. Not sure if intentionally but they sure at it now. "Don't be evil" I seem to recall.
Without it's merits, it would too have it's own problems but I would wager that the internet ecosystem would be broader and more united than what it is now.
Extensions don't count as it's difficult to use another programming language in the browser unless it's tied to WASM or built in. And even then you're further restricted where features are torn out.
Adblockering in chrome et cetera. 1999.