> Benchmarks aren't real world applications. I don't care if it takes 1s rather than 0.5s to run 1,000,000 operations, if all I ever need to do is run 5 of them.
You are clearly forgetting where the web in general is going to. Browsers today serve as a wrapper to applications and NEED to be fast. Not a single web application today uses only 5 or 10 or 50 operations.
> IE has made a small impact in the speed of development of web sites.
IE has made BIG impact in the speed of development. The fact that it has not kept up with other browsers only made that worse.
Even IE8 rendering and its javascript engine have problems. Those are not present on modern browsers and it obviously impacts development because IE needs to have specific testing and specific coding (mostly workarounds).
Did you expect other browsers to be like IE, so that we could have a "standard" on not having standards?
> You are clearly forgetting where the web in general is going to.
No, I just take the view that the current trend of trying to treat a browser as an operating system is not going to last.
I think the web in the future will move back towards being a medium for presentation of information and some limited interaction, and things like native mobile apps and their app stores or Linux distros and their auto-installer tools will increasingly deal with what is sometimes done with "web apps" today. I think the important web technologies for the future will mostly be those that make it easier to present useful information, for example through more powerful presentation tools or providing useful context to web services so they can provide a more personal experience.
You are clearly forgetting where the web in general is going to. Browsers today serve as a wrapper to applications and NEED to be fast. Not a single web application today uses only 5 or 10 or 50 operations.
> IE has made a small impact in the speed of development of web sites.
IE has made BIG impact in the speed of development. The fact that it has not kept up with other browsers only made that worse.
Even IE8 rendering and its javascript engine have problems. Those are not present on modern browsers and it obviously impacts development because IE needs to have specific testing and specific coding (mostly workarounds).
Did you expect other browsers to be like IE, so that we could have a "standard" on not having standards?