On Thursday 23 March 2006 5:52 pm, Agent M wrote: > So now we have the same architecture only with prettier pictures. > Forgive the cynicism, but our computers are a 1000x faster and a web > application (even with "AJAX") still doesn't offer the richness of a > native app. Why would I want to be tethered to a remote server to type?
Why would I want to be tethered to a remote server for email? Why would I want to be tethered to a remote server for photos? Why would I want to be tethered to a remote server for IM? Why would I want to be tethered to a remote server for bookmarks? Why would I want to be tethered to a remote server for my calendar? Why would I want to be tethered to a remote server for my todo list? Why would I want to be tethered to a remote server for anything? Wow. I thought the answers to those questions became obvious, oh, about 10 years ago. > Also, has anyone looked into what the company behind the AJAX app is > doing with your potentially confidential documents? It doesn't seem to > be open source, so you can't even run it on your own server... seems > suspicious. It's owned by Michael Robertson, the guy behind Linspire. Hardly suspicious. If you're that concerned about confidentiality, then by all means, don't use it. Don't use GMail, Yahoo mail, or any other web mail either. Don't share any photos at Flickr or any other photosharing sites. Don't share bookmarks at del.icio.us. And for diety's sake, don't use the web! You're being tracked! > Note that Mozilla/Flash/Java/[insert flash-in-pan .com] were also > supposed to be *the* web platform... Big dif: this IS the web. Ajax is a powerful technology that solves a lot of issues, and it's here to stay. Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications: http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book on Firefox: Don't Click on the Blue E! Info at: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bluee/ Read the Open Source Blog: http://opensource.weblogsinc.com Join GranneNotes! Information at www.granneman.com "A witty saying proves nothing." ---Voltaire _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
