> It's really a sad story that HTML5 has been evangelized so strongly
SVG is not a part of HTML 5, it is older, while Canvas actually is, and Canvas is as fast as the now defunct Flash.
Maybe applying the right technology to a problem would solve the speed issue...
Surely the light from the sun is a much more damaging? Not to mention computer screens have existed for decades in some form now. I understand the connection with sleep, but Im not sure how much it really damages the eyes compared to other light sources.
Or course sun'rays are damaging, and it is why sunglasses exist. But if you are in front of a computer screen for 7/8 hours a day, you are exposed to blue LEDs which, unlike green and red LEDs are also damging for the eyes.
Opening a white window is like a full headlight in my eyes. Many scientific studies said that blue led (and then white RGB pixels) deteriorate the sight over time, by destructing photosensors in the eyes and they never recover. I would encourage black themes in all apps.
I am not impressed by this exploit, because there are some chance he had studied the document before the presentation, or even asked someone to verify it.
He was flawed on many aspects, for example trying to attract developers by dancing and chanting "developers, dev...".
His successors put Linux in Windows, open sourced .NET and this seems more efficient... without even harming Windows market share.
> ...trying to attract developers by dancing and chanting "developers, dev..."
That video was from Microsoft's _internal_ company-wide meeting held annually to rally their staff, so your assertion is invalid.
Moreover, it's a bad example to begin with; Ballmer was and still is absolutely correct. What makes the FOSS software ecosystem so successful? That's right: developers, developers, developers. Somebody has to write all that code and it isn't going to be the end-users. When developers get pissed off at a platform, they abandon or fork it, which is why it makes sense to keep developers happy.
Those of us who were around in the '80s-'90s remember that Microsoft's rise to dominance was partly powered by the fact that they offered relatively cheap and good compilers and dev tools and solid documentation to make it easy to develop software for their platform. Contrast that with the workstation vendors back then that charged much more than MS did just to get a compiler.
He said, "Are you Isaac Asimov?" And in his voice was awe and wonder and amazement.
I was rather pleased, but I struggled hard to retain a modest demeanor. "Yes, I am," I said.
"You're not kidding? You're really Isaac Asimov?" The words have not yet been invented that would describe the ardor and reverence with which his tongue caressed the syllables of my name.
"Well, I think you're—" he began, still in the same tone of voice, and for a split second he paused, while I listened and the audience held its breath. "—a nothing!"
