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by tonyedgecombe 2027 days ago
Imagine a world without Javascript?

What a dream.
5 comments
RobAley 2027 days ago
Be the change you want to see. Your personal website linked to from your HN profile consists solely of a Javascript game ... :)
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_fat_santa 2027 days ago
If we had a world without Javascript it would probably be some nightmare with SaaS companies building their apps in Flash or something.
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untog 2027 days ago
This notion always makes me laugh. Which is better, Google Maps or the old MapQuest pages that had arrows and reloaded the entire page when you wanted to move the map? I know which one I prefer.
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Jean-Philipe 2027 days ago
I'd be afraid flash would come back. Ah, those flashbacks...
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grishka 2027 days ago
Flash is better than JS to be honest. JS still hasn't caught up with ActionScript. The only bad part about Flash is that it's proprietary.
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recursive 2027 days ago
When flash was focused, my keyboard shortcuts didn't work. I hated it just for that.
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grishka 2026 days ago
Hm. I think it was a bug in some browsers but not others? I remember encountering it but I don't remember it as something persistent.
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recursive 2026 days ago
I've used lots of different browsers. I never found a single environment where it ever worked right.
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stolenmerch 2027 days ago
I would agree that Actionscript 3 as an implementation of ECMAscript is more of a delight than JavaScript as a language which conforms to whatever version of ECMAscript. But compiling to VMs in the browser? Never again.
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hutzlibu 2027 days ago
Out of curiosity, what language would have replaced Javascript in you dream?
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