What is the Microsoft version of an embedded Java web applet? Is there a good example of one on the web?
Also, why is the dynamic web dominated by ajax and not embedded applications?
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What is the Microsoft version of an embedded Java web applet? Is there a good example of one on the web?
Also, why is the dynamic web dominated by ajax and not embedded applications?
Silverlight is probably the closest thing now.
As far as why the web is dominated by JS driven websites rather than embedded proprietary applications I’d venture to guess it’s the openness of the resulting web pages. Almost every web browser out today ships with a JS engine, and most users run JS; this is important because it means the user doesn’t have to have any other applications (beyond the browser) installed on their computer.
JavaScript driven sites are also more portable than embedded applications — the developer only needs to worry about a browser being installed (though perhaps a particular browser), not what operating system the end user is running. In terms of being on the web, only having to worry about browsers is better than having to worry about browsers and operating systems.
Furthermore, the pages that result from JS execution are selectable, the text can be copied and pasted — in general, JS-driven websites are often more accessible (though often not as accessible as plain-old-text websites).
Perhaps something that helped JS/Ajax rise to the top was that it could so easily access to the DOM, so it plays nice with HTML (and the existing web infrastructure).