Comments on: Do These Three Web Apps Signal the End of Desktop Applications? http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/do-these-three-web-apps-signal-the-end-of-desktop-applications/ Excel(lent) Stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:33:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shea Kauffman http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/do-these-three-web-apps-signal-the-end-of-desktop-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-186599 Shea Kauffman Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:11:53 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/do-these-three-web-apps-signal-the-end-of-desktop-applications/#comment-186599 I agree with the first post. The desktop isn't going anywhere. http://www.polymathtoday.com/blog/2009/09/10/the-death-of-the-desktop-os-greatly-exagerated I agree with the first post. The desktop isn’t going anywhere.

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]]> By: watch http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/do-these-three-web-apps-signal-the-end-of-desktop-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-62834 watch Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:41:50 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/do-these-three-web-apps-signal-the-end-of-desktop-applications/#comment-62834 Its good site! :) Its good site! :)

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/do-these-three-web-apps-signal-the-end-of-desktop-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-42500 Chris Garrett Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:31:59 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/do-these-three-web-apps-signal-the-end-of-desktop-applications/#comment-42500 AIR does look a great platform. It seems though browser based applications are growing in popularity both with developers and users. You have a good point about large file sizes and I can see this being just one reason desktop will always have a role to play, but I see those applications becoming more and more niche, after all if a document or file is created, copied and consumed all within the web (eg. presentation) we won't care. AIR does look a great platform. It seems though browser based applications are growing in popularity both with developers and users. You have a good point about large file sizes and I can see this being just one reason desktop will always have a role to play, but I see those applications becoming more and more niche, after all if a document or file is created, copied and consumed all within the web (eg. presentation) we won’t care.

]]> By: Patrick Bay http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/do-these-three-web-apps-signal-the-end-of-desktop-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-41678 Patrick Bay Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:37:32 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/do-these-three-web-apps-signal-the-end-of-desktop-applications/#comment-41678 I happen to think the exact opposite is happening to applications. While it's true that there are more web-deployed web apps out there, the same technology is being brought into play to create desktop applications. One if the biggest updates for Flash-based applications to be available soon will be the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). Have a look at the Adobe Labs site (http://labs.adobe.com) to see what's latest and greatest. With Adobe AIR, Flash/Flex/JavaScript developers can use existing development knowledge and write fully qualified desktop applications. This allows developers to interact with the desktop and file system (for example) which would otherwise not be allowed, and in fact be a massive security problem, for networked applications. Uploading a 15 Megabyte Photoshop file is still currently not a feasible way to edit images so the days of desktop-based applications are hardly gone. Besides, AIR is such a great mix of desktop and web-based technology that the line is blurred, especially from the perspective of the developer. Technical details and developer-specific articles are available at http://www.peabee.com/ I happen to think the exact opposite is happening to applications. While it’s true that there are more web-deployed web apps out there, the same technology is being brought into play to create desktop applications. One if the biggest updates for Flash-based applications to be available soon will be the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). Have a look at the Adobe Labs site (http://labs.adobe.com) to see what’s latest and greatest.
With Adobe AIR, Flash/Flex/JavaScript developers can use existing development knowledge and write fully qualified desktop applications. This allows developers to interact with the desktop and file system (for example) which would otherwise not be allowed, and in fact be a massive security problem, for networked applications. Uploading a 15 Megabyte Photoshop file is still currently not a feasible way to edit images so the days of desktop-based applications are hardly gone. Besides, AIR is such a great mix of desktop and web-based technology that the line is blurred, especially from the perspective of the developer. Technical details and developer-specific articles are available at http://www.peabee.com/

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