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WebRTC is almost here, and it will change the web

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Re: WebRTC is almost here, and it will change the web

#11

Post by phase_9 »

Yet another HTML5 "Game Changer" which has already been available as part of the Adobe Flash Platform[1] for the best part of three years.

Just saying :)

For those down-voting me; I find this attitude very strange. If the tools were present in another widely deployed runtime, but were heavily under utilised then why are people getting so excited about them this time around?

I guess some people just love to hate Flash.

[1] http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/cirrus/

Re: WebRTC is almost here, and it will change the web

#12

Post by mtgx »

Since Skype is moving to fully centralized service that can be even more easily wiretapped by Governments around the world (not just US), I'm very excited about the "revolutionary" (literally) capabilities of this protocol, as people will be able to speak 1-on-1 without interference, if the communication is also encrypted. Does being encrypted or not depend on that specific WebRTC client, or does it come encrypted by default like SPDY?

Re: WebRTC is almost here, and it will change the web

#14

Post by rmc »

phase_9 wrote: post #11

Yet another HTML5 "Game Changer" which has already been available as part of the Adobe Flash Platform[1] for the best part of three years. Just saying :) For those down-voting me; I find this attitude very strange. If the tools were present in another widely deployed runtime, but were heavily under utilised then why are people getting so excited about them this time around? I guess some people just love to hate Flash…

Less space than a Nomad. No Wireless. Lame.

Re: WebRTC is almost here, and it will change the web

#15

Post by rmc »

barista wrote: post #3

>This is the most significant step forward in web browser connectivity since 2004, when Google launched Gmail and AJAX was coined That's not quite right. Microsoft invented XMLHTTP, the interface which XHR is based on, in '98 or '99 for Outlook Web Access.

Yes, XHR was available back then. But it wasn't Ajax. Ajax was invented in '04.

Re: WebRTC is almost here, and it will change the web

#16

Post by rmc »

barista wrote: post #3

>This is the most significant step forward in web browser connectivity since 2004, when Google launched Gmail and AJAX was coined That's not quite right. Microsoft invented XMLHTTP, the interface which XHR is based on, in '98 or '99 for Outlook Web Access.

Yes, XHR was available back then. But it wasn't Ajax. Ajax was invented in '04.

Re: WebRTC is almost here, and it will change the web

#17

Post by rmc »

This is very interesting, especially the peer-to-peer browser stuff. With all the attacks on pirate sites lately, it would be interesting to have a new playground for new P2P apps. Joe Soap would be able to get onto P2P by just opening a web page.

Re: WebRTC is almost here, and it will change the web

#18

Post by wmeredith »

phase_9 wrote: post #11

Yet another HTML5 "Game Changer" which has already been available as part of the Adobe Flash Platform[1] for the best part of three years. Just saying :) For those down-voting me; I find this attitude very strange. If the tools were present in another widely deployed runtime, but were heavily under utilised then why are people getting so excited about them this time around? I guess some people just love to hate Flash…

Well, stop saying. This is like arguing about the features of a lake when everyone else is playing in the ocean. Flash is proprietary and it doesn't run on mobile. These are both near show-stoppers in, and of, themselves. Combine the two and well, it doesn't matter what else it does.

Until flash runs on mobile and/or is an open standard, it won't be relevant to the future of the web most developers (myself included) want to build.

Re: WebRTC is almost here, and it will change the web

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Post by salmanapk »

phase_9 wrote: post #11

Yet another HTML5 "Game Changer" which has already been available as part of the Adobe Flash Platform[1] for the best part of three years. Just saying :) For those down-voting me; I find this attitude very strange. If the tools were present in another widely deployed runtime, but were heavily under utilised then why are people getting so excited about them this time around? I guess some people just love to hate Flash…

Cool. Will help with polyfill-ing :)
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