Danger: AJAX Browser Vote Exceeds 'Wild' Expectations

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Register.

[snip]

There's been a late surge of interest in voting for a wishlist of features
users want added to web browsers, after being ignored for months.

With less than a day left before the OpenAjax Alliance closes its poll for
most-wanted browser features 116 people have now voted, according to the
project's summary. That's up from a miserable 13 by early June, two months
after OpenAjax called for votes, and following last month's Reg article.

IBMer Jon Ferraiolo, a member of the Alliance's Runtime Task Force, said
he's pleased with the level of participation.

"From my perspective, the initiative has exceeded even the wildest
expectations, both in terms of the quantity and quality of the feature
requests and the level of community participation," Ferraiolo said.

OpenAjax boasts a membership of more than 100 companies, organizations and
projects with a mission to standardize AJAX implementations. The poll's
results will be presented to vendors as a call for features that they'd
like to see in browsers. The initiative was launched in April and is
scheduled to be completed by the end of this month.

So far, there have been 37 feature requests. At time of going to press on
the eve of the poll closing, 2D drawing and vector graphics topped the
list, followed by native JSON parsing and better security for cross-site
scripts. Other features attracting significant levels of support include
improved HTML DOM performance and better APIs for positioning and styling.

[end of article]

Link:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/09/openajax_poll_closing/

And of course, loads of more AJAX/JavaScript crap loaded into
browsers will make criminals more profitable.

Looks like Giorgio has his work cut out for him. :-)

(Giorgio is the author of NoScript -- consider a donation today.)

- - ferg

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