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JavaScript's Accidental Name
- Netscape renamed LiveScript to JavaScript and publicly misrepresented it as a subset of Java.
- Douglas Crockford recounts they 'lied to the world' which created the language's confusing name.
Building Early Interactive 3D Web Worlds
- Douglas Crockford's team built an early interactive 3D world with avatars, objects, and shared spaces.
- They targeted event-driven interaction years before mainstream web platforms supported that level of interactivity.
Proving JavaScript With A Demo
- Douglas Crockford learned JavaScript from Dave Flanagan's book and built a drag-and-drop demo to prove JS could do rich interactions.
- The demo convinced Turner Broadcasting and avoided the need for Java applets or installations for kids.