And if it isn't a standard and isn't available in all browsers people working with it will be forcing their choice of platform on their users and we're back to where we started. Just because google have published the workings of this doesn't make it a standard and there is really no reason for all other browsers to implement it. In this respect it's really no different to ActiveX. As soon as they use non-standard extensions you are no longer independent and now you are limited again. While apps only use standards you maintain independence. This doesn't make you platform independent though, it makes you OS independent - all you've done is just redefined 'platform'. That's a good thing if you take the traditional view that the OS is the platform - now you can run any old OS you like (with a standards compliant browser) and you'll be able to run the apps. ![]() ![]() The browser is your platform, that's the whole concept behind moving everything to web based. I, for one, like the idea that I can have desktop quality applications running independent of platform on my browser - and wouldn't mind if this became the standard
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