The Web: Evolution in Action
summary
Predicts 5.6 billion new web users on phones and tablets and argues for open evolving standards; describes a web-only OS stack called Firefox OS and shows native-like performance from compiled C++ via asm.js with Unreal Engine 3 ported in about four days. Identifies missing pieces — threads, SIMD, pause-free garbage collection — and reports measurable gaps closed (game physics within ~1.2× native) and ongoing work to push WebGL, simd and secure low-level APIs.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:21The Web is evolving
- 6:58The Web lacks APIs
- 13:09WebGL
- 15:24Microsoft
- 18:12Native Code
- 22:29Web Standards
