Effect of Direct2D on JavaScript

The effects and influence of JavaScript in an online applications and even the general online environment has been huge. In fact, it's even safe to say that JavaScript (with the help of Ajax) has ushered the next generation of online experience.

The browsers, like the desktop applications, have become a tool instead of simple purveyor of information. Although Flash, Java and other client side programming language also had their share of effect, none of them were able to provide the same influence created by JavaScript. You can even say that Web 2.0 can't reach its full potential without JavaScript.

But there are still a few stumbling blocks a few developers have to deal with to properly implement JavaScript in online applications. One of those notable stumbling blocks is IE. Developers can easily work with various browsers in implementing JavaScript.

However, IE has been lagging in many ways, notably with their implementation of JavaScript and other Ajax based applications. The difference in coding could be the culprit but the JavaScript engine in IE is not that impressive compared to other browsers. Since IE7, the browser has been lagging behind Chrome, Firefox and other browsers.

With all the buzz about the troubles in IE, you can be sure that Microsoft has heard about these complaints. Fortunately, they will be providing a fix to this problem starting with the ninth version of the well known browser.

In gist, IE9 will be coming with Direct2D which will aid the loading time and performance of the browser. Through Direct2D, Microsoft hopes to be abreast with other browsers.

Direct2D hopes to improve implementation of JavaScript in IE by reducing RAM requirements and drawing power from GPU and other hardware. Microsoft will definitely push JavaScript faster with IE that it can rival other browsers. This fits perfectly with Windows 7 since the basic hardware requirements of Windows 7 can easily handle Direct2D.

Of course, anyone could interpret the information provided as mere rumors. The internet after all is not immune to hearsay and "news" that actually had no basis in reality. But a few developers and industry leaders were able to get their hands on the JavaScript accelerator and were able to implement the said protocol in their system.

None other than Firefox were able to integrate the capabilities of Direct2D to their browser. This simply means Direct2D exists and it's so impressive that industry giants are willing to use it in their system.

With all the news regarded Direct2D, what are their effects on JavaScript and Ajax in general?

There are only two possibilities that can happen once the stable version of IE9 comes out. The first possibility is that JavaScript and Ajax based applications will work faster in IE and coding could be a lot more uniformed.

The second possibility is that performance will certainly upgrade but coding is still a problem. But even though coding will be different, you can be sure that the future of JavaScript and Ajax based applications is very good because the biggest browser will accelerate these programming techniques.