> ...we would be working with plugin based browsers rather than built-in to the hood...
How is that different from sites using Java applets, which were pretty much universally loathed when we had them?
> ...Tcl...
How is Tcl better than Javascript?
> ...Flash...
I'm not sure I really understand what point you're making here. Are you saying that the native browser APIs evolving to make Flash obsolete is a bad thing? If I'm reading you correctly you're saying that websites being free to use their own proprietary plugins is somehow better than HTML5/Javascript?
How is that different from sites using Java applets, which were pretty much universally loathed when we had them?
> ...Tcl...
How is Tcl better than Javascript?
> ...Flash...
I'm not sure I really understand what point you're making here. Are you saying that the native browser APIs evolving to make Flash obsolete is a bad thing? If I'm reading you correctly you're saying that websites being free to use their own proprietary plugins is somehow better than HTML5/Javascript?