Some feedback on my previous article from people back home made me realise I made quite a bold statement without really explaining myself. My argument has no value for some people in SA as I am currently residing in the UK. I am fine with this as I know I will never win the expat argument no matter how hard I try. So this is a lame attempt to cover up some holes I left in my previous post but I can guarantee you there is no back peddling done here.

I recently spoke to a friend of mine about the usage of Flash in the South African market. Being in London I kinda felt I needed some inside info before I can even attempt to write anything about the industry. Regardless of the fact that I used to work as an Actionscripter in SA for a few years. Spending my time on little intro's and banner ads, hoping some car manufacturer will ask us to do a campaign microsite, wasn't exaclty keeping me on the edge of my seat. So you may ask why I would want to write anything about a country's industry that I am not living in. That is a perfectly good question with a very simple answer. South Africa is scared of Flash.

I don't know how Microsoft get themselves in these positions but this should be a good fight.

Basically, ECMAScript which JavaScript and Actionscript is based on, is currently being upgraded to version 4. But version 4 is quite different than 3, as the guys developing it wanted more java like features included. Apparently MS is a little pissed as JScript is based on JavaScript. Now the grapevine is reporting that IE8 will not support JavaScript. Surely that can't be true. Crazy stuff. It's all boiling down to some good ol' blud-slinging (blog + mud = blud).

Follow the action here: http://ajaxian.com/archives/the-future-of-ecmascript-3-is-4