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Microsoft's javascript support is just like the other's; slower before but not so much now.

Self fulfilling prophecies? Well, maybe, or maybe it's just an obvious requirement for modern sites. Your list of uses is hardly exhaustive; stack exchange sites use it to great effect; you can't be serious when you prefer hitting f5 to provoke an update rather than...doing nothing and having the site update by itself? Look at google maps today (on the desktop). The limits to the practicality of javascript is...well, there are no limits. It's a programming language; you can do whatever you want with it. Emulate operating systems, games....

http://js1k.com/

There's nothing sloppy about the use of javascript. I think you're a bit of an edge case; perhaps you're better off not using the internet; it really is as fundamental as that.

ah, Chrome just happens to be the only browser with a fast 3D renderer right now.

Are we talking about WebGL here? You know, the thing that is explicitly *disallowed* in js1k demos?

Assuming you're aware that comparing a 1k source to a binary is a pretty weak comparison I have to point out another thing. The himalaja demo uses DirectX 9 whereas these demos aren't even allowed to use WebGL. Demos like this might not be as impressive but the author had to calculate the lighting himself instead of just calling iCanHasLightSource.

Obviously not.

No externals
That means no linking, no including and so no using of any external resources. You are free to submit your 5 minute intro video or coffeescript interpreter in your submission though, as long as the server permits you to. And no, you may not use another submission in your submission. Your submissions should be able to be put in a single script tag (see the shim) and should work offline from the start.

I challenge any basher to produce something even half as cool as the minecart demo following the official rules.

Put up or shut up.

Three-d city tour and rebirth with the trees in it is pretty cool. That's really great to have a bunch of cool demos to examine for their source code and workings!
:>)
Pac man in the park is very pretty too.

Three-d city tour and rebirth with the trees in it is pretty cool. That's really great to have a bunch of cool demos to examine for their source code and workings!
:>)
Pac man in the park is very pretty too.

Three-d city tour and rebirth with the trees in it is pretty cool. That's really great to have a bunch of cool demos to examine for their source code and workings!
:>)
Pac man in the park is very pretty too.

The Chess entry makes a good sobriety test! : )

http://js1k.com/2010-first/demo/750

Here's actually a full Tetris with sound in 1016 characters!

Almost kilobyte? Yep, not very impressive considering what people build in 1 kB of Javascript.

Not to mention all the cool things people stuff in 512 byte intros for demo parties.

Raymarching using Distance Fields in 1K Fast on Chrome and Opera http://js1k.com/demo/704

Perhaps they are working on an entry for the 1k Javascript demo contest.