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"For several years, I?d been hearing the folks at Google talk about life in the cloud, about how a computer that wasn?t connected to the Internet was a computer that wasn?t really working."
Which frankly is a terrible attitude IMHO.
We'll never have 100% always up internet. Sorry. Hasn't happened, and not happening.
As I get closer to graduation, I honestly do not believe I will see 100% internet within my lifetime. And I have plenty of my life left, assuming I don't die young.
IMHO looking forward we are headed towards hybrid applications, not online applications.
I'm sorry, I do not see offline applications going away. I just do not see it happening within my lifetime.
It was interesting to entertain the idea of throwing away offline access, but the reality is there is nothing inherently wrong with being offline on occasion or on purpose. It's not a curse or some sort of evil, and doesn't need to be thrown away.
Sometimes, in fact, being offline is required - you don't want classified information or critical life saving software on the internet - so yes, some machines are off the internet on purpose.
Not to mention even existing internet connections often have latency and bandwidth issues. Sometimes it's just faster to start an offline app.
Sorry, it just makes sense to never go 100% online. There is no advantage to giving up offline apps. Hybrid is the future. - Posted by: CobraA1 Posted on: 02/18/09 (Edited: 02/18/2009 @ 05:28) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
The future is hybrid.
CobraA1 | 02/18/09
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Very good points, but, do not forget the performance boost, and reduced
DonnieBoy | 02/18/09
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Not to mention
dragosani | 02/18/09
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Google has the perfect plan
daengbo | 02/20/09
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Also about improving performance, AND making up for flaky connections
DonnieBoy | 02/18/09
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RE: Google
mr1972 | 02/18/09
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Finally, you got it. Microsoft was right = software services is the key
psilva11 | 02/18/09
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This is very different than a locally installed shrink-wrap application.
DonnieBoy | 02/18/09
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First, with offline functionality, you do not need universal access to the
DonnieBoy | 02/18/09
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no need for it--hook up to livemail or thunderbird
hansonjb | 02/19/09
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Google offers nothing new
jorjitop | 02/19/09
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You've been able to get gmail offline for ages...
james.faction | 02/22/09
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