I am no squeak/pharo/cuis master,

but in my opinion the best approach is still "objects as servers"
  - no matter what html6 will be able to do, it won't be enough.

however html5+js means we can leverage ajax - and provide illusion
of objects as servers - and that's cool.

so:

1. yes
2. not sure, I'd rather spend energy on something different.


On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:41:45 +0200, Janko Mivšek <janko.mivsek at eranova.si>  
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> In light of recent Microsoft surprising U-turn announcement [1] that in
> Windows 8 it swithes to HTML5 (HTML5+CSS+JavaScript) instead of .NET+WPF
> and Silverlight for desktop app development it is IMO a right time to
> think about:
>
> 1. is this a clear signal that HTML5 for ALL apps, both desktop and the
>    web is inevitable?
> 2. is this a clear signal that we need to rebuild Morphic on top of
>    HTML+CSS, to leverage all Morphic advantages and come back
>    to bleeding edge again?
>
> I think yes. What Squeak/Pharo/Cuis GUI masters say?
>
> Best regards
> Janko
>
> [1]
> http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/06/html5-centric-windows-8-leaves-microsoft-developers-horrified.ars
>


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