From: Tony Mobily <merc@...>
Date: 2006-02-22T14:09:59+09:00
Subject: Re: rubynuby - client side Ruby?

Hi,

>> Unless you are planning on developing for an intranet where you'd   
>> have COMPLETE control over the clients' configuration, I very  
>> much  doubt that it would be a good idea to use Ruby instead of  
>> Javascript.
>> I am also not quite sure there are browsers out there which  
>> implement  Ruby as a scripting language, or if it's even possible  
>> to write an  extension for  Mozilla/Netscape that adds Ruby  
>> support to the client  (but I might be wrong).
>> I googled about it a little while ago, and didn't find it!
>
> I believe you can use ActiveScript Ruby for this, but it requires  
> that the client use IE and have ActiveScript Ruby installed.

Out of curiosity... can you give me a link about this one?
I looked and looked...

> You are likely better off using modern JavaScript (e.g. DHTML) to  
> interact with Ruby business logic running on a Web server.

I agree!

Merc.