The 3-D Secure VISA system in Norway is based on BankID (https://www.bankid.no/Dette-er-BankID/BankID-in-English) and uses Java. Everyone with a computer and a bank account has the Java plugin installed. Internationally, the majority of oekaki (online painting board) software has traditionally used Java because of its speed and versatility. My own real-time collaboration software, Sketcher, requires Java 1.5 at minimum. The software does bit-banging and custom pixel-level rendering and image compression in tight loops that can't be done fast or well enough in HTML5 or even Flash, and wasn't even possible back in 2004 when the software was originally developed. The Java code isn't as fast as native code, but it's pretty close, with Photoshop type pressure sensitive brushes rendered in real-time.
I've been looking at WebGL, but the technology isn't really ready for a mass market yet, and is widely criticized for the security holes it potentially introduces by exposing the OpenGL API to the DOM.
The whole web community seems to be ignoring rich content rendered on the client side. Without these capabilities, we'll never have real web app versions of programs like Photoshop.
Right now, my focus is on getting Kickstarter funding and developing a more user friendly version of my app for iOS, where such facilities are available today.
I've been looking at WebGL, but the technology isn't really ready for a mass market yet, and is widely criticized for the security holes it potentially introduces by exposing the OpenGL API to the DOM.
The whole web community seems to be ignoring rich content rendered on the client side. Without these capabilities, we'll never have real web app versions of programs like Photoshop.
Right now, my focus is on getting Kickstarter funding and developing a more user friendly version of my app for iOS, where such facilities are available today.