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- TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23There will always be a place for software - I would much rather edit documents locally rather than storing it on some company's server
And we all know how the tubes can get clogged, so my message would have to get in line and wait it's turn - arkmtech, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Productive, practical applications? Yes.
3D-immersive, CPU-intensive games? I think not. - trigon77, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6How is it that I work here (cnet) and have never heard of this site before.
- cpmoser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Interesting because this is actually a relaunch of webware.com.
CNet used to run it several years back and then shut it down. Here's a snapshot of it from 2000:
http://web.archive.org/web/20001003035407/http://webware.com/ - Crowforge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yeah I want them to see every file on my system... No digg on the grounds it's insane to allow so much access to anyone.
- Daunting, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I dunno. It's pretty well written stuff, and they seem to update incessantly. 11 articles so far today eh. Not claiming anything but it might give gigaom.com a run for it's money if it continues it's quality.
***** thing though, they seem to have almost all their links to cnet. I like Cnet for my news but eh, makes it seem like more of a limp leg than a distinct complement to the site.
And I do feel that more and more applications will be available online. However, I highly doubt that they'll snub out software. Software is to computers like money is to prostitutes. It's the reason they're made. - raferx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I edit Webware.com. Very fair critique about linking. I definitely want to point to good commentary and news on other sites and blogs. This week, though, we're in "show mode:" we're all covering the Web 2.0 conference. When we can pull our heads out of this conference things will change a bit. At least that's the plan.
- NanoStuff, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3They don't tell the lunch boy a lot of things.
- justinjacobs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Rendering fine for me in Konqueror.
- TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2nothing looks wrong in Opera
- Crowforge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1what's that even mean?
- Phr00t, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor_(game)
I think so. - TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3you're not honestly comparing phosphor to games like Counter Strike, are you?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The one thing that's a huge problem for online editing/work is storage. Sure, google gives you tons of space, and websites like Omnidrive are up to the task, but you end up spending gobs of money on subscription fees.
I prefer a handy laptop & a large flash drive (or iPod) over anything else. - rowanjl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2No thank you, a browser is an application for viewing websites/web content, not an operating system for running applications.
I want it to stay that way, because it was never ment to be more. Sure you can have useful websites like Digg or backpack, but Digg is already capable of dragging down a computer, let alone a CPU intensive image manipulation program like Photoshop. - rowanjl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Some people don't have a choice about using dialup or not, other services are simply not available. Then there is the other side, which has broadband, only with a 300mb download limit, which when exceeded means your connection speed is cut to less than dialup speeds.
And yes, the data or files must be on their servers, I don't want to give anyone direct access to my filesystem. - valis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Uh-oh. Does this mean they'll sue me for owning awebware.com? I mean, I've had it since 2004. I haven't updated (or even used) it much since then, either. *chuckle*
- rowanjl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It will always be more efficient to run a game or any other program natively rather than through a browser.
- rowanjl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Just you sir! Unless of course you want to rephrase that as "Isn't this site ugly?" in which case I'd agree with you wholeheartedly, it is ugly.
- chrissg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1It's a unique idea, but I can see Firefox coming out with extensions like this though.
- Phr00t, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@ TenebrousX
This is (supposedly) the first 3D, web-based FPS out there... of course it isn't going to be a "Counter-Strike". However, it is a 3D-immersive, multiplayer CPU-intensive game... there should be no reason a web-based "Counter-Strike" couldn't exist in the future. - consonance, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Is it just me, or is their CSS broken?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1good stuff
- paulxx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0It is the future: I have been using Oyco .com as a web communication centre for all my web based messaging email, voip im etc Its call....
- JohnKappa, on 10/25/2008, -3/+1I believe this is exactly where we're heading. No more installable apps*. Everything online. From Photoshop & Excel to Word & iTunes.
I you wont buy software rather lease a license, this would be a clever move on behalf of software companies with regards to piracy and a pain for Torrent feeders.
* Potentially you would install the app and have an off line mode. - klept, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I dont think the pipe is going to make that much difference. I mean who, that is serious, uses dial up any more, or more to the point should.
As for a laptop, wireless will become more ubiquitious and stable. And hey there's always a starebucks around. For goodness sakes, hookups are starting to be on airlines.
As for the data / programs being online on a site / server, I think that all depends on the integrity of who you're dealing with. I'd be more inclined to trust Google than Microsoft, both in the stability of the system and privacy.
Maybe that will be one of the unintended side effectrs of Web 2.0 and the new platform. The return of trust / integrity because there is some value once again to be trustworthy. - Lmptk, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1The eventuality of vast networks with major bandwidth will facilitate all that this promises to be. Whether or not webware.com will be up to the task is another thing entirely.
- TheFinestShadow, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3You win the prize.
I don't think software over the internet will really become a reality, at least not for many years to come. Besides, what happens when you're on your laptop in an area where internet access is unavailable but you'd still like to get work done? Put that on a t-shirt and sell it. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Looks kinda lame
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