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to slot configuration, custom slot creation, and increased vector graphic tree control,
that it would not be possible to realize their common origin without a much more
detailed examination of their internal meta data.
4.2
Weaknesses
But it is not all smell of roses in the Webble garden, there are problems. One that has
already been mentioned is the mindset of most visitors, a mindset that is not neces-
sarily wrong but does not apply well with Webble World interface it seems. Those
that already has a set of tools and skills to create web applications, does not find the
motivation to do it in an unknown environment as often as one would wish, and those
who lack both skills and the tools, does not seem to see how any tool or framework
could ever give them the power to develop software applications, and in both cases
the visit becomes too short and unsatisfying. Equally so for the Webble World devel-
opment team who is not given enough feedback in order to find ways to lower the
initial threshold. The search for that missing piece, here described as an inviting
mindset, that would turn Facebook users into Webble developers are still yet to be
found.
The other problem is not less serious, and maybe even somewhat related, but it is a
problem with a much clearer image of how to solve. This problem is called Silver-
light. Silverlight promised a browser independent and OS independent solution, and
for some time it seemed to be just that, even though Linux never really reached the
finishing line. But as the years passed, reality became different then the promise, and
Apple computer users did not receive the same Silverlight experience as Windows
users did. But this is only the technical issues, the emotional ones are bigger still, so
ones again a mindset issue. The world is full of people that shuns anything Microsoft
creates, and Silverlight was no exception, unfortunately those were often the very
same people that might love Webble World, the open source developers. And finally
came, if not the nail in the coffin or a killing blow, at least a strong indication that it is
time to move on. Tablets and phones, even those made by others than Apple, does
not, and as far as is known today, will not ever support plug-ins. Even so much so that
Microsoft more or less quietly seems to indicate the termination of future develop-
ment of Silverlight as a browser plug-in, but instead seems to focus it only towards its
use to develop device interfaces.
But this is of no real surprise, Internet moves in mysterious ways, and one who
dwells in the land of the unknown, in uncharted waters, must always be prepared to
change course. Webble World can only become stronger.
5
Next Generation
A code base that more or less runs on every device, OS or browser thinkable, without
any requirement of plug ins, on technology with decades of quality assurance and a
huge world-wide base of already existing skilled developers. A coding that has
not stagnated but is still under constant improvement, that carries all that Silverlight
