From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 08:46:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E41A51065677 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:46:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jef@math.miami.edu) Received: from zero.math.miami.edu (zero.math.miami.edu [192.70.171.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B2E8FC08 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:46:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jef@math.miami.edu) Received: from phantom.math.miami.edu (phantom.math.miami.edu [129.171.34.4]) by zero.math.miami.edu (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m858aBEf024205 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 04:36:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jef@math.miami.edu) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 04:36:29 -0400 (EDT) From: jef moskot To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <48C0EB58.4060307@FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: <20080905043545.I64544@phantom.math.miami.edu> References: <20080905023638.U53812@phantom.math.miami.edu> <48C0EB58.4060307@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: Google Chrome X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:46:33 -0000 On Fri, 5 Sep 2008, Kris Kennaway wrote: > The big selling point of this browser is the performance of its > Javascript engine compared to other existing browsers. Javascript is > what is used to run the client side of "web applications"...like Google > Docs, and other Google applications. > > Pushing the development of Javascript is directly tied to google's > ability to launch more complex web-based applications in the future. Yes, and why are they doing THAT? Jeffrey Moskot System Administrator jef@math.miami.edu