Fred Brunel points out this quote from Joel Splosky late last year:

So if history repeats itself, we can expect some standardization of Ajax user interfaces to happen in the same way we got Microsoft Windows. Somebody is going to write a compelling SDK that you can use to make powerful Ajax applications with common user interface elements that work together. And whichever SDK wins the most developer mindshare will have the same kind of competitive stronghold as Microsoft had with their Windows API.

I remember reading Joel’s original post last year and agreeing very strongly with it.  I even drafted a nice long post but never had the time to polish it up.  I have no idea what SproutCore’s future will be, but I’m pretty convinced that a full cross-platform desktop-class JavaScript Framework is inevitable for the web, and Joel explains why better than I could.

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