HTML’s Time is Over. Let’s Move On.
David Heller has some good points in this article but I just
can’t agree with the fact that HTML time is over.
Ultimately, I dont see a long term future for HTML as
an application development solution. It is a misapplied tool that
was never meant to be used for anything other than distributed
publishing.
HTML has several problems, let’s face it, but most are caused by
bad browser implementations and misuse. Developers must learn that
HTML isn’t the answer to all problems, sometimes other kind of
technologies (like the ones listed in the article) have to be used
in order to create a thin client.
But lets not forget the advantages HTML has:
- Everyone has a HTML browser.
- HTML is simple and light.
These advantages took many time to be fully developed and I can’t
imagine in the near future another technology that will be so
widespread as the HTML browser.
David also points that developers end up developing for one
specific browser. I don’t see a big problem with this and I don’t
really see the difference between programming for a specific
browser or using another thin-client architecture.
Bottomline is: If you wan’t to create an
accessible interface for people all over the world there is no real
challenge for HTML at the moment. But if you are developing for a
strict group of people and you need a little more power than HTML
can provide then, by all means, don’t use it.
From
www.boxesandarrows.com.
