like, operating system level. the standard has grown enough that the web is it’s own platform.
Which is why I hate it. It both muddies and replaces the real (hypertext linked documents available globally) web and by itself is more complex than it needs to be, and inconvenient for screen readers, robots, Braille terminals and such.
For cross-platform applications server over Web - Java Web Start was a good idea, just far too early introduced and it was slow. And it should be run in a sandbox.
I’m serious, that’s exactly what Java is intended for, designed, not evolved. From the beginning. Evolution is good when it’s been many thousands of years and you reap the results. Evolution is not good for something that’s engineered. A wooden bridge unattended “evolves” towards falling apart, despite all the moss covering it making it seem firmer.
search in the url bar was seen as an antipattern at first and wasn’t included.
It still is an antipattern. Guessing machines are not good.
Which is why I hate it. It both muddies and replaces the real (hypertext linked documents available globally) web and by itself is more complex than it needs to be, and inconvenient for screen readers, robots, Braille terminals and such.
For cross-platform applications server over Web - Java Web Start was a good idea, just far too early introduced and it was slow. And it should be run in a sandbox.
I’m serious, that’s exactly what Java is intended for, designed, not evolved. From the beginning. Evolution is good when it’s been many thousands of years and you reap the results. Evolution is not good for something that’s engineered. A wooden bridge unattended “evolves” towards falling apart, despite all the moss covering it making it seem firmer.
It still is an antipattern. Guessing machines are not good.