Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA

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Back in the day, practical folks used to talk well about Volvos. They said that Volvos were safe, reliable, family cars. There were however not many takers. People instead swooned over sexier, more stylish cars. This is precisely why Apple is making a killing with the iPhone, and is the main appeal of Mac's OS X. User experience means a great, great deal. This also why I was so confident that MS' software + services strategy would win out against the "build everything in the browser" strategy put forward by competitors. To those who would insist that the browser provides better ubiquity, I would say that user experience matters more to most people - particularly in heavily lifting applications. If people want to use the Rave application, they are free to install virtualization software on their Linux or Mac PCs, along with Windows Vista, and then Rave. Entellium may even have the option to host Rave on Windows Terminal Server, and make it accessible via a browser.

Most of the desktop applications I use regularly are now (Internet) connected applications in some fashion. They include: the iTunes client, the Zune client, a great foreign exchange trading application, WMP, MS Word, and Windows Live Writer. I have no intention of doing the work that these apps do, in the browser. These apps are just too fast, rich, versatile, engaging, etc. than what is possible in equivalent browser based apps.

There is of course a place for wide reaching, light weight, browser based apps. I believe one important area is being starter apps for desktop analogs. E.g. I believe a major problem Amazon has with competing with iTunes, is the superiority of the iTunes client over Amazon's web site. I think Amazon should come out with a client that does all the things that the iTunes client does, plus have things like an integrated ebook reader that do things like synchronize mark ups of ebooks among users' various devices, support collaboration, sharing, etc.

I therefore believe that browser apps and the desktop apps have their place; and people really need to develop applications against the appropriate platform, and not get caught up in the "build everything in the browser" fad.

Posted by: P. Douglas   Posted on: 07/23/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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