HTML5 means that some elite browser developers enjoy fun and performance native coding and they allow us to use only crappy HTML/CSS/JavaScript (altjs languages and Emscripten can't compensate, of course).
I suspect Mozilla guys regard themselves as privileged classes or something.
As a programmer, the freedom of programming languages and APIs is more important than Apple tax.
I sometimes imagine a catastrophic future. They say all programmers will write software only on the browsers. Then, all programmers will forget how to write C++, and no one will be able to maintain browsers eventually :p
IMO, the easiest way to prove HTML5 is a prison rather than open will be jailbreaking Firefox OS phones.
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HTML5 means that some elite browser developers enjoy fun and performance native coding and they allow us to use only crappy HTML/CSS/JavaScript (altjs languages and Emscripten can't compensate, of course). I suspect Mozilla guys regard themselves as privileged classes or something.
As a programmer, the freedom of programming languages and APIs is more important than Apple tax.
I sometimes imagine a catastrophic future. They say all programmers will write software only on the browsers. Then, all programmers will forget how to write C++, and no one will be able to maintain browsers eventually :p
IMO, the easiest way to prove HTML5 is a prison rather than open will be jailbreaking Firefox OS phones.