Re: Introducing emacs-webkit and more thoughts on Emacs rendering (was Rethinking the design of xwidgets)

[tomas]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 08:50:24AM +0100, Arthur Miller wrote:

[...]

> libmpv is just a library to play media files, has nothing to do with
> javascript. You can check yourself:

Until some idiot embeds javascript into some video format spec
and said spec becomes indispensable because That New Platform,
say, Squitch, makes it mandatory (and cheaper videocams follow
that lead, or something).

Then either libmpv follows or we users begin to whine and moan.

You laugh? See how PDF embedded javascript.

Yes, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but at the same time watching
with a mixture of fascination and horror how this arena around
freedom has changed radically the last 20 years. 

Not long ago the "enemy" was secret sauce and closed interfaces.
These days it's more like cripplingly complex systems and user
convenience.

Cheers
 - t

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