[gameprogrammer] Re: Application Browser Status
- From: Olof Bjarnason <olof.bjarnason@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:48:58 +0200
OK, for email programs etc. it is surely a great idea! I got the
feeling you wanted to do arcade 3d-games (this is a game programmer
mailing list after all ;)
I agree theres nothing like doing it yourself, and having fun!
good luck,
/Olof
On 9/6/05, Chris Nystrom <cnystrom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 9/6/05, Olof Bjarnason
> <olof.bjarnason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > You have rejected the idea of an interpreted / bytecode compiled
> > language executing on the client instead of sending all low-level
> > commands over the net?
>
> Yes. I figure everyone else is doing that. I envision a DOIP application,
> except at a browser level instead of a desktop or thin client level.
>
> > The
> > idea of communicating/animating over the net just does not appeal to
> > me ... even in ten years when "everybody" has 100mbit network there
> > will be lag ..
>
> So they say. I wanted to find out for myself. Nothing like coding it up for
> yourself and see what it can do. So far I believe my results to be
> encouraging. I go to the local wifi coffeee shop to test in the wild.
>
> Obviously a network app will not be as fast as a local app, but I wanted to
> see what it could do. Maybe it can be good enough for most applications?
>
> For example the web does not perform as well as local applications, but I
> believe web based e-mail programs are taking significant market share from
> local e-mail programs, because (in this case) the advantages of a server
> based architecture outwiegh the advantages of local programming.
>
> If a better programming and application environment were available for
> Internet applications than the web, then perhaps this trend could be
> broadened to other applications? So far I believe that the jury is still
> out, since no good internet programming and application environment exists
> such that I envision.
>
> Chris
>
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