[sldev] [META] There are multiple infospheres (Was: From Browser Wars to Virtual World Interoperability)

[Lawson English]

Argent Stonecutter wrote:
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> So I don't really think it matters what ECMAscript 3 or 4 does, as far 
> as SL is concerned. I don't think that there's enough similarity 
> between "the web" and "virtual worlds" to try and use one as a model 
> for another, or bring one into the other. You can have the same 
> information presented both places, and do business both places... I've 
> got a store in SL and products in SLExchange too... but they're 
> fundamentally different kinds of infospheres.
Zha Ewry's take on this, as I understand it, is that the AWG should be 
using existing web technologies as much as possible when designing the 
future meta-grid, or even LL's more limited 60 million sims 
LL-compatible grid. This doesn't make the SL viewer a web browser,  of 
course, but helps make it conceivable that it can run anywhere a web 
browser can.


Lawson