- From: Michael Nordman <michaeln@google.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 07:44:22 -0700
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Mike Wilson <mikewse at hotmail.com> wrote: > Michael Nordman wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Mike Wilson wrote: > > > Btw, another reflection is that this mail thread is about > > > introducing a client/server model in the browser. Some > > > mentions of complex code in the background page, f ex building > > > the HTML for the visible window, make me think of traditional > > > server-centric webapps, but inside the browser. I've made > > > the below table to illustrate this, and I mean to point out > > > similarities between traditional server-centric and the new > > > background_page-centric webapps, and between client-centric > > > and visible-centric webapps. Maybe this can inspire some new > > > thoughts. > > > > Yes... client/server model in the browser... good observation... and a > > good way to think about the direction I would like to see things go. > > Incidentally, that line of thinking is my motivation for the > > introduction of script-generated responses in this (HTML5) system > > design. > > Ah, I seem to have missed that. Makes total sense for offline > as it probably makes it a lot easier to port server-centric > apps to the cache, and well, there is already a concept of > serving files (although only static). > > It's not a small thing to add, but if this is taken further I > think coordination should be done with current inititatives > using JS in server-side web platform designs, such as: > ServerJS WSGI https://wiki.mozilla.org/ServerJS/WSGI > (several products pointed to by comparison table) > Joyent Smart http://becoming.smart.joyent.com/index.html > + other stuff using EnvJS, etc... > > This would make it easier to move code between server and > client, simplifying creation of distributed and offline apps. Exactly! (and thnx for the pointers) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/attachments/20090804/65778250/attachment.htm>
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