Hacker Timesnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

So far the response to the suggestion of adding a native Dart runtime to anything other than Chromium proper has been extremely negative. WebKit didn't want it, Mozilla doesn't seem to want it. Maybe Opera will include it since they're using Blink?

It may not be a Microsoft feature but it's basically being treated the same as one. Native Client is getting similar treatment.



The point is that Dart will run on all browsers. ActiveX only ran on IE.

Dart's also friendly with the web. It has a full DOM API and JS-interop. It's not a plugin.


Dart2JS will run on all browsers. Dart currently will only run in Chrome. This is an important distinction.


Dart is the language and the Dart VM and dart2js are implementations. That's an important distinction. Dart, via dart2js, does run on all modern browsers.


Dart currently only runs in Dartium, There is no DartVM in Chrome which just runs the Dart2JS version live every other browser.

Also I don't think it's clear whether or not Opera will include a DartVM by virtue of Blink.


Sorry, by 'currently' I meant current plans, you're absolutely right.

I think it's pretty likely that Opera might include it, and that could change things - even though their marketshare tends to be kind of small they've traditionally had some power in terms of boosting adoption of new tech.


Why is that an important distinction?




Consider applying for YC's Summer 2026 batch! Applications are open till May 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: