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Will AJAX Threaten Windows Desktop?
prostoalex writes "They are not your father's HTML pages anymore. AJAX interfaces are getting more complex and versatile, relieving the user of the necessity to reload the page, and thus are becoming more like your average desktop apps. The catch? AJAX apps work in any browser out there, making the OS layer a bit irrelevant. Will the trend threaten Microsoft desktop near-monopoly? Or are we hearing the story of poorly debugged device drivers again?"
Whose SO is that, though?
I would like to pour some AJAX on my Windows installations... maybe scrub off some of that OS...
Think AJAX is too harsh to be an effective fdisk?
"why don't you just slip into something more comfortable...like a coma!"
NO, this isn't going to happen anytime soon. My wife just asked me why someone would want to mix cleaning products and computing, so what do you think ole PHB is gonna say?
My humor is probably your flamebait
"When I first started programming mincro computers (as they were called then) the program was entered with dip switches, then a bit later there was a computer specific rom that had enough information to operate a front panel and read a tape."
And I wore an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time...
I always keep all Javascript and other active scripting turned off, and have been happily surfing the Web problem-free for years. I have no desire or interest in enabling Javascript.
Sure. And I happily use my PC with the ethernet cable unplugged. I've been virus-free for years.
I don't respond to AC's.
Oh you were that kid! I saw you in my high school. Here's a tip: the onion was supposed to go in the front of your underpants, not the back. Chicks didn't dig guys with their package in the back.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.