> Applications on remote machines can download their own special JavaScript
Depending on what era we imagine writing this, this could be a Java applet or a Flash application or an ActiveX component.
Yeah, but "SPAs" based on Java/Flash/ActiveX weren't nearly as ubiquitous as web-based SPAs are now, were they?
Re:The X-Windows Disaster (1994)
by fiddlerwoaroof on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:43PM
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Flash was
Re:The X-Windows Disaster (1994)
by DonHopkins on Friday March 06, 2020 @01:14AM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeWS
NeWS was architecturally similar to what is now called AJAX, except that NeWS coherently:
- used PostScript code instead of JavaScript for programming.
- used PostScript graphics instead of DHTML and CSS for rendering.
- used PostScript data instead of XML and JSON for data representation.
PS was amazing, I've even seen a Z Machine V3 interpreter at rec.games.int-fiction. Enough to run Zork and old versions of Curses!. But writting the interpreter is easier than finishing the last mentioned game.
Huh, that's surprisingly prescient.
Applications on remote machines can download their own special JavaScript on demand and share code in the server. Downloaded code can draw windows, track input events, provide fast interactive feedback, and minimize network traffic by communicating with the application using HTTP.