Playing WAV files out of data: URIs does't rely on Quicktime, does it? JS909 was pure JS, although it was more of a clever hack than a programming feat.
I'm not sure Javascript will ever take over as a preferred technology for browser-based games. I have always seen Javascript games and advanced effects as more novelties than anything else. It is a great language for enhancing user experience for web pages but I can't think of a reason to use Javascript instead of Flash for an identical task given the current support for HTML5 and the performance of js right now.
The HTML5 specification brings a lot of cool new features that may have me eating my words if it's ever fully supported by all major browsers, however, right now advanced js creations are better suited for the demoscene than the mainstream.
Browsers are nowadays pretty much regarded more as application platforms than as web page viewers (see any social networking site and its "apps" section). Still, those are mostly server-side applications; cross-browser compatibility alone makes game programming in JavaScript nightmarish.
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The HTML5 specification brings a lot of cool new features that may have me eating my words if it's ever fully supported by all major browsers, however, right now advanced js creations are better suited for the demoscene than the mainstream.
I have to agree, though it hurts me to say that because I make JavaScript games (http://scriptnode.com/lab/spacius/).