From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2005-01-22T14:27:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Ta-da list (Was: Re: OSCON Call For Proposals Now Open)

trans. wrote:
> 
> A better course of action (IMHO) is to hack Foxfire to use Ruby in
> place of Javascript --I have yet to understand why bowsers aren't
> multi-language scriptable like The GIMP. 

Well actually, there is at least one browser that is multi-language 
scriptable.  Internet Explorer.  And I believe that it acts as a general 
host for Microsoft Active Scripting, so ActiveScriptRuby should be 
usable there.

http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-PaloAlto/9251/ruby/

> Then you could use Ruby on
> both ends. (And would help put some fire under other browsers to do the
> same ;)



Can anyone give a reasonably brief summary of the technical issues in 
allowing client-side Ruby scripting in Firefox?



James