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If you want it to change, develop something to change it.

I'm not aware of a single technology with a goal to fundamentally upset any of the things you listed.

Personally, I'm satisfied with javascript development. Is it perfect? No. Are there lots of things that could be done better? Absolutely.

But it frustrates me how many people complain about how much it sucks when there are no projects (with any support) attempting to really change things. If my opinion of javascript is wrong and it really is that bad - I'd think there would be more of a movement to move away from it.

But it frustrates me how many people complain about how much it sucks when there are no projects (with any support) attempting to really change things. If my opinion of javascript is wrong and it really is that bad - I'd think there would be more of a movement to move away from it.

You should watch this https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...

Programmers can't always just start something "new", they have to work on existing platforms to be able to deploy their software quickly and efficiently. This video explain than even though javascript was never intended to run a 3D engine, it now is able to. As he explains it in the video, it's a hack, and it doesn't work that well for most binaries.

If I could, I would start a new browser, without html, with more dynamic languages, with a clang VM, with protocol buffers, etc. But in this age of patents and market shares in IT, I don't expect having enough exposure to have users installing this future browser. If one software company can't deploy its app on the dominant systems, it's screwed. But it doesn't mean JS fits every possible job.

There actually is a project that wants to replace the html/css/javascript browsers: Adobe Air.

http://www.adobe.com/nl/products/air.html

For some reasons it's not really taking off.

it might not be open source or subject to standardization

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