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a) does line-for-line output so it's easier to debug b) can handle normal JavaScript, so it melds with existing code c) progressive enhancement, adopt features at your own pace d) …

Good points. Although, the semi-colon insertion is only partial... it mops up the edge cases where JS doesn't usually insert them (such as if a ( appears after a block or group on …

http://altjs.org/

People who are interested in the future of JavaScript ought to check these out: http://groups.google.com/group/altjs irc://irc.freenode.net/altjs http://altjs.org/ (credit given) I…

I love the animation on this! And apparently it was actually controlled on the conference participants' screens using a live message queue connecting the presenters' machine to the…

AS3 is based on ECMAScript 4, which was expected to become the new standard many years ago but became a dead-end after the ECMAScript committee abandoned it. That's why there's no …

Oh, I see. So it works as normal it just doesn't have server push yet. Gotcha.

What do you mean by "if you don't need the real-time element"?

NowJS looks pretty interesting. From monitoring the IRC room maybe some of the common use cases could be better documented but it seems like it's run by a great group of guys.

I think "killing" is probably an overstatement, but your idea has merit. Look at Apple's supposedly iron-clad Human Interface Guidelines, they were intended to create a similar kin…

I like the fact that it's thought provoking without being a blatant hit-whoring attempt. I mean, hardly anything in there is really "controversial"... it's more like just an intere…