AppleInsider | Apple Insider News and Analysis. Cocoa on the web: 280 North, Objective-J, and Cappuccino - Ars T. The framework is designed from the ground up to essentially hide the implementation details from the developer. "AppKit does generate DOM elements, but, in many ways, the DOM is just an implementation detail for us. If tomorrow every browser implemented SVG, and we thought Cappuccino should really run on SVG, we could rip out the guts and replace some of the code in AppKit and suddenly every app on top of Cappuccino would be running on top of SVG," Boucher said. Cappuccino-based apps run in Safari, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Mozilla-based browsers like Firefox.
And by nature of running in the browser, the apps are compatible with Mac, Windows, or Linux. Here is example code for a class that rotates an image: on top is Objective-C, on bottom is Objective-J. The approach has its downsides, though. But there are advantages to the client-side preprocessor. Light touch: a design firm grapples with Microsoft Surface - Ars.
For most, the traditional combination of mouse and keyboard is not just a mode of computer input, but a way of life. While it has been decades since both technologies were first welcomed to the mainstream, little about their core functionality has changed; side-by-side, the aesthetics may be different, but a 486 and modern-day Mac effectively use the same basic interface paradigm. It is perhaps for this reason then, that in recent years, both users and developers alike have approached the wide-scale adoption of touchscreen technology with more of a walk than a run. While the technology has increased in use, it has usually done so as an augment to the traditional mouse and keyboard, proving that the force of habit is hard to break. Yet, about a year ago, Microsoft promised something new, with the launch of its multi-touch computing table, Surface.
No keyboard, no mouse—just a table with a screen. "From a design philosophy it's completely different," explained Bell. Article Skimmer from The New York Times.