[ale] OT: Google releases new OS browser - CHROME

[Brian Pitts]

Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> It's worlds better than doing client/server processing the old way, I
> think, wherein every client application was a compiled program running
> without a sandbox on each client system... at least with JavaScript
> clients, you're running in a sandbox that is managed by the browser
> process.  The faster client programming that is possible that way, I
> think, the better.  While not all applications could or should be
> written to be rich Web applications, zero-install apps via the Web
> browser are a decent thing to be able to do (and do speedily).

At the point where many developers code websites in Java with Google Web
Toolkit then compile it to Javascript, you have to wonder why
technologies like Java Web Start and .Net ClickOnce haven't caught on.

-Brian