[dba-Tech] The state of the web

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Wed Dec 5 20:03:59 CST 2012


Strike 3.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 2:05 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The state of the web

In Microsoft's dreams :-)

On 5 Dec 2012 at 13:43, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> Isn't it a Flash replacement?
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
McLachlan
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 1:36 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The state of the web
> 
> AFAIK, SIlverlight is a plugin for most major browsers on x86 based
WIndows
> and Mac only.
> 
> Not Opera
> Not Linux or Android
> Not ARM 
> 
> That's probably why it s used on less tha 0.5% of websites :-(
> 
> -- 
> Stuart
> 
> On 5 Dec 2012 at 13:16, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> 
> > LightSwitch looks like a great application allowing very quick
development
> > but have not had an opportunity to use it myself.
> > 
> > SilverLight is a browser plugin and though I have not used it, doubt
that
> it
> > is allowed on all browsers and on all platforms?
> > 
> > Jim  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 11:33 PM
> > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The state of the web
> > 
> > Hi Jim
> > 
> > So true.
> > 
> > My latest small apps were created in LightSwitch and deployed to an
> external
> > host running at a ridicously low monthly charge even though it operates
> > ultra reliably.
> > I never communicated with the client other than by e-mail, and finally
> > posted the URLs to the apps to be launched with SilverLight on the
> client's
> > mix of Mac and Windows computers.
> > 
> > Can't be easier, except if the new HTML5 client of LightSwitch had been
> used
> > but I'm not there yet.
> > 
> > /gustav
> > 
> > 
> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim Lawrence
> > Sendt: 4. december 2012 21:04
> > Til: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> > Emne: [dba-Tech] The state of the web
> > 
> > The web world is more than ever becoming "the" computer world. Most
> > development is now done on the web. Whether the Cloud will eventually
> > replace most in-house server based systems is debatable and will require
> > much more security, management and backup features before it will be
> > completely trustable.
> > 
> > Apple, via Steve Jobs, stopped the whole advance of plug-in technology
> which
> > was patching up browser functionality. It was not done for altruistic
> > reasons but to stop third party application from skipping the Apple toll
> > booth. But it did have a very important unexpected side-affect. It made
> > browser designers dependant on open standards, superfast browsers, gave
> them
> > the ability/responsibility for controlling security, that plug-in would
> > never allow and the dominance of HTML5 and CSS3.
> > 
> > Whether Mark Zuckerberg, likes or dislikes HTML5 is not important as the
> > proprietary insecure plug-in world of the past is dead and dying...in
fact
> > he is trying to buck the tide. How many users will allow another
> vulnerable
> > plug-in to install on their system so they can play a game or two? The
> other
> > option is to use a proprietary server language. It can be built very
fast
> > but it does not take long before thousands of users will grind the whole
> > system to a stop and then huge farms of special servers have to
> > integrated...very expensive to own and very expensive to maintain. Those
> > type of application solutions, on so many levels are no longer workable.
> > 
> > The new web world is more and more evolving into distributive open
> > standards, where data presentation is managed on the browsers and
> delegating
> > servers for only managing the data marshalling, gathering and storing. 
> > 
> >
>
http://www.thesecuritypractice.com/the_security_practice/2012/11/in-defense-
> > of-html5-1.html
> > 
> > Jim        
> > 
> > 
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