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On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, Yannick Duch=C3=AAne (Hibou57) wrote:

> Many page requires user interaction, so a kind of programmatic is require=
d=20
> to animate any HTML version. And as George said in this thread, browsers=
=20
> now looks like a platform on their own, and this platform sometime=20
> requires its applications, which are the plugins (mainly to play medias).=
=20
> You could do many worthy browsing with a pure HTML browser, like going to=
=20
> AdaIC for some news (:-)), but sooner or later you will go frustrated.

I suppose people interested in using a high integrity web browser as a fron=
t=20
end for a critical application would be in control of both the client and=
=20
the server. As such they could design the server side to cater to the=20
limitations of the specialized client.

Browsing arbitrary Internet sites even with a browser that just enforces=20
standards would be a disaster. Imposing other limitations would definitely=
=20
be impractical. I agree with you there.

Peter
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