...and you are still using JavaScript? I sure do hope you guys don't do this.
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Anonymous2012-10-18 19:46
I make most of my money doing freelance web work. 80% of the actual work is fixing Javascript or PHP code. Browser-supported CSS can emulate simple JS tricks. AJAX is a different beast altogether, and normal users have gotten used to it via Facebook. Find a way to get rid of the J in AJAX and JS will die a slow, abandonware-style death. HTML5 and CSS3 are ready to replace Flash, so JS is next on the chopping block.
When I make websites from scratch, it's all about getting paid. Users don't pay me, the clients do. If they want some obnoxious popups or client-side input validation, that's what they get. To explain why anything they want is a bad idea evokes a response similar to putting on a magic show for my cats - they don't give a fuck. Just throw up a Wordpress site with a nice template, tweak it for a few hours, and then wash your hands of the project.
>>54 HTML5 and CSS3 are ready to replace Flash, so JS is next on the chopping block.
No. HTML5 and CSS3 are part of a family that includes JS. The only reason why they're buzzwords now is because they are works in progress, whereas JS is still the same old JS. It doesn't mean they are poised to replace JS. HTML5 elements like canvas, audio and video are programable interfaces for JS.