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Why did Javascript/AJAX mop the floor with Java, Flash and Silverlight? Or, why
open standards eventually win
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| The winner: Javascript + AJAX + XHTML + CSS
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| Javascript was available with the very first version of Netscape Navigator,
| as a way to add “special effects” to web pages. Nobody would have thought
| that it would eventually evolve into something that could be used to create
| applications like Google Documents. Established libraries like Yahoo’s YUI
| (as well as many others) simplify immensely the creation of web applications.
| Most people who work online are already familiar with XHTML and CSS. So, the
| learning curve to master Javascript and AJAX is not too steep — new
| developers join the Javascript/AJAX crowd every day. Technically, the
| combination of Javascript, AJAX, XHTML and CSS is something that has needed
| some love for a long time. Things are getting better now, but even today
| while developing a more complex web application using AJAX, you feel that
| they are all pieces of a large puzzle, and sometimes it’s a bit of a struggle
| to make every piece fit neatly.
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| Why did such an unlikely combination win such an important war? Because it’s
| based on available, open, free technologies. People don’t have to spend
| thousands of dollars to write Flex applications. People don’t have to install
| Microsoft Visual Studio for Silverlight. And don’t have to battle the
| technical difficulties of Java (if it were still an option).
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/why_did_javascript_ajax_mop_floor_java_flash_and_silverlight
http://tinyurl.com/5potat
The W3C Serves Up Mobile Web Standards
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| The recommendations themselves get quite granular in certain areas. There are
| recommendations on limiting keystrokes required in mobile interfaces, and
| proposed limits on scrolling (often an annoyance on small displays). Note
| that the W3C's Best Practices advisory applies to mobile sites. Mobile
| application standards will be the subject of a next set of proposed
| standards.
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http://ostatic.com/170136-blog/the-w3c-serves-up-mobile-web-standards
Related:
IE7 Web Developers Nightmare
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| IE7 is a night mare for most of the developers that try to comply
| with standards for crossbrowsing.
| I recently needed to rewrite a web site so it works on firefox too...
| the surprising element was that when testing the new and the old site
| on IE7 I found out that many things does not function as expected and
| "not function as expected" isn't the right word for it, it was more
| a question of working at all.
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http://it-gears.blogspot.com/2007/01/ie7-nightmare-for-web-developers.html
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