Internet Explorer 8 and Other Browsers?
On 8/2/07, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen at gmail.com> wrote:
What sort of ECMAScript support can we expect to see in Internet Explorer 8?
Is Microsoft working with ECMA TG1 ?
What roadmap or plans are there for Mozilla and Safari?
for IE, ScreamingMonkey should cover that part wether Microsoft implement ES4 or not
zwetan-3 wrote:
On 8/2/07, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen at gmail.com> wrote:
What sort of ECMAScript support can we expect to see in Internet Explorer 8?
Is Microsoft working with ECMA TG1 ?
Should someone invite them?
What roadmap or plans are there for Mozilla and Safari?
for IE, ScreamingMonkey should cover that part wether Microsoft implement ES4 or not
So IE is going to ship with ScreamingMonkey? Or is this an extension that can be added?
If it's an extension, it won't be very useful for web development because average users can't be expected to install it.
I'm asking because if ES4 will run in Mozilla only, I can't use new features on cross-browser apps.
I read that, and I still don't know.
Thanks,
Garrett
Is Microsoft working with ECMA TG1 ?
Should someone invite them?
I'm not sure they would come :)
What roadmap or plans are there for Mozilla and Safari?
for IE, ScreamingMonkey should cover that part wether Microsoft implement ES4 or not
So IE is going to ship with ScreamingMonkey? Or is this an extension that can be added?
It's an extension. Given that MS promotes its own technologies (.Net and SilverLight) I don't think they will be interested in including ES4 in IE.
I'm asking because if ES4 will run in Mozilla only, I can't use new features on cross-browser apps.
I don't know if there is an ES4 -> classic'JS code generator, like haXe
is doing (haxe.org). This way you can target all browsers without needing some additional language support.
On 8/3/07, Nicolas Cannasse <ncannasse at motion-twin.com> wrote:
Is Microsoft working with ECMA TG1 ?
Should someone invite them?
I'm not sure they would come :)
Microsoft has participated in the TG1 work for a long time already.
On 8/3/07, Nicolas Cannasse <ncannasse at motion-twin.com> wrote: [...]
I don't know if there is an ES4 -> classic'JS code generator, like haXe is doing (haxe.org). This way you can target all browsers without needing some additional language support.
I don't think it's that easy, ES4 iterators and generators ES4 ByteArray etc.
there are a lot of stituation where i don't see that convertion happening
zwetan
On 8/3/07, Garrett <dhtmlkitchen at gmail.com> wrote: [...]
So IE is going to ship with ScreamingMonkey? Or is this an extension that can be added? . If it's an extension, it won't be very useful for web development because average users can't be expected to install it.
I'm asking because if ES4 will run in Mozilla only, I can't use new features on cross-browser apps.
well first don't be so much excited, even ES4 in mozilla, that's not for tomorrow (I wish it will be we wll need to be a little more patient)
for the extension, I don't see what would prevent to make IE ask to install that extension to the user if they don't have it, could work as a plugin I guess.
[dont_flame_me] a cool thing would be for Adobe to include this screamingmonkey extension with the flash player install. And if this happen, well anything goes :) [/dont_flame_me]
zwetan
For the record, I have been building an ES4->JS translator. You can try it
out online: rlyeh.trc.dk/olav/translator.html. It's incomplete
though, and somewhat out of date compared to the current wiki. I'll probably finish it when the spec is finalized, right now it's a bit too much of a moving target. I don't know how it compares to haXe.
What sort of ECMAScript support can we expect to see in Internet Explorer 8?
Is Microsoft working with ECMA TG1 ?
What roadmap or plans are there for Mozilla and Safari?
Garrett