" If more and more web sites will create rich Windows clients like Wikipedia, it might be the end of the web as we know it. Which is a good thing: the www is here since 1980, it's already 32 years old - way too old."
Lolwut? The GUI is here since 1973 - way older than that. The whole thing sounds like a silly paid blogvertisement.
Android goes "rich UI" way, but it's dictated by the nature of platform: less resources, less battery for battery-intensive data transfer, only couple fingers instead of keyboar+mouse for input. So, if you speak about "rich UI" for tablets and smartphones - Microsoft just trying to catch-up. And it's good for consumers after all. if you speak about desktop apps - come on. I haven't seen your wikipedia app but what for should it be the app? Different articles layout?
Also, are we ready to give up all the benefits of thin clients? I bet 99% users do not need sophisticated filters in email client and gmail or other web-based mail is best for them. Also, what about Hiperlinks?
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Lolwut? The GUI is here since 1973 - way older than that. The whole thing sounds like a silly paid blogvertisement.
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So, if you speak about "rich UI" for tablets and smartphones - Microsoft just trying to catch-up. And it's good for consumers after all.
if you speak about desktop apps - come on. I haven't seen your wikipedia app but what for should it be the app? Different articles layout?
Also, are we ready to give up all the benefits of thin clients? I bet 99% users do not need sophisticated filters in email client and gmail or other web-based mail is best for them.
Also, what about Hiperlinks?
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