I think 2005 is the year for Javascript. Just today, I read about the Windows Genuine crack where you type javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck=’all’) into your browsers window, and you disable it. Funny.
Ok, but seriously, Javascript has made an impact everywhere you look. It is the technology that enabled
Web 2.0 – Google Gmail, Google Maps, AJAX, Microsoft MSN Start, on and on… it has raised the bar for the web experience
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird – use Javascript heavily as their internal glue language for XUL
AOL AIM – uses Javascript with their XUL like language, Boxley
Microsoft – has JScript available to all their products
Macromedia Flash – uses javascript as it’s ActionScript language
Adobe – they use Javascript for their embedded language in PDF documents
I think Brendan Eich, deserves some credit for this. His language has jumped through a lot of hoops. It is not only surviving, but thriving.