Assuming you're not being snarky, hold on to your pants ...
As a baseline, you have Asm.js[1] + Web Workers[2] today in most browser places (actually, all places, if you creatively polyfill.) For newer-fangled browsers only, you have Web Assembly[3] + Web Workers, which takes in-browser performance to a whole 'nother level.
Now, the Web Assembly spec isn't stopping at replacing Asm.js. There's going to be support added for SIMD and vectors and whatever cool stuff newer processors can do. The big deal will be once Web Assembly gets the ability to do syscall-like thunks to DOM API and the other myriad JavaScript API. At that point, the browser's a full OS platform capable of hosting most applications. This new thing will then be able to go beyond any previous application platform in terms of reach and ultimately, capability.
Just forget about the term "browser" when the thunks appear. This will be a new "Platform 1.0" that will span all modern operating systems and devices. Node.JS will implement a compatible "Platform 1.0" subset for server-side platforming where client and server will be able to share binary libraries.
This is coming soon. If you've got some great idea for a next generation online app, it's time to start working hard and have it target "Platform 1.0"!
As a baseline, you have Asm.js[1] + Web Workers[2] today in most browser places (actually, all places, if you creatively polyfill.) For newer-fangled browsers only, you have Web Assembly[3] + Web Workers, which takes in-browser performance to a whole 'nother level.
Now, the Web Assembly spec isn't stopping at replacing Asm.js. There's going to be support added for SIMD and vectors and whatever cool stuff newer processors can do. The big deal will be once Web Assembly gets the ability to do syscall-like thunks to DOM API and the other myriad JavaScript API. At that point, the browser's a full OS platform capable of hosting most applications. This new thing will then be able to go beyond any previous application platform in terms of reach and ultimately, capability.
Just forget about the term "browser" when the thunks appear. This will be a new "Platform 1.0" that will span all modern operating systems and devices. Node.JS will implement a compatible "Platform 1.0" subset for server-side platforming where client and server will be able to share binary libraries.
This is coming soon. If you've got some great idea for a next generation online app, it's time to start working hard and have it target "Platform 1.0"!
[1] http://asmjs.org/
[2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers...
[3] http://webassembly.org/