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- mcic1984, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8This isn't central to the argument of the linked article, but want to point out that actually Internet Explorer had a feature to save an entire webpage to a single file since Version 4. (Even on the Mac version)... The problem with these web archives is that they aren't compatible across platforms.
- JohnMilan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5You're totally right. How about this:
The next OS battle for the desktop won't be an OS and it won't be a desktop. Google and Microsoft are currently facing each in the web environment, but virtual machines hold the key for the next generation-- a VM that can span desktop and mobile devices. Who gets there first? Google's position, as a one trick poney, is somewhat precarious. Microsoft, however, faces its worst enemy: itself. - piesforyou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Articles like this need abstracts.
- wallclimber, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If it is "so far" Windows-only, then it will likely stay Windows-only. Interoperablilty and compatibility don't seem to exist in Microsoft's dictionary, if they do they're written in teensy-tiny letters and include Windows-only definitions.
I've had it with the attempted lock-in nonsense. - mattclark1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'll admit I only STFA (skimmed the F-ing article) but I didn't see it mention WPF or XAML anywhere. WPF supports one click rich application deployment for anyone with .net 3.0 installed. Granted it's Windows only (so far), but it is by far the best implementation of browser based rich apps I've ever seen. And you only have to change your compile target to make it a bonified desktop app! Not to mention it has all the power of .net behind it.
- calvmari, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm really excited about this functionality. It reminds me of the "Install on First Use" feature of office. The exception is it will download the feature on first use.
I wonder if this would be a weapon against piracy as a by product. You enter the product key for the first time, and you have full access to it for this computer. Now, if you want to use that product anywhere else, you enter the password from a remote location for each access. A user would have access to his software from anywhere, and pirates wouldn't be able to use it if they didn't have a registered username/password for their copy.
I can dream :-p - iterrell, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Mozilla has also had the same feature for years, although I have no idea which came first. Heyday of the browser wars and all.
- piesforyou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks :)
- Davezilla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ironically, M$ had this feature for 7 years on the Mac version of IE.
- mattclark1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1There's nothing stopping a project like mono from implementing the WPF, from what I can tell, asides from it being too large feature for them to tackle. Personally I really really hope that the WPF catches on and has something a little less verbose than XAML added to it. Or, better yet, some other open source UI platform comes along and does a better job. XUL looks interesting, maybe it could be a start? I don't even pretend to like Windows (who does?), but I truly believe MS is doing a great job with .net so far. As soon as Ruby is available as a CLR language I'll be hooked.
- pauleric, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1All The Power of .net?!? I'm sold!!!
- Kyderdog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1iCab did it first
- SoundJudgment, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1This type of future-functionality (delayed viewing) will soon become one of the cornerstones of Web 2.0. We may think of it as each one of us having our own 'Web Portal Server' instead of simply engaged in desktop browsing as we all do now. It will become our 'virtual presence' and provide an identity as to who we are. Some of it will be good, and some of it will be yet another excuse to further 'tether' us to our Internet machines (or remote carry devices). Big Brother won't simply be watching us, because in effect... we are all becoming Internet 'Big Brothers' over each other.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4"It has a nifty feature that downloads all the elements of a web page and stores them together in one file for future viewing."
A la Safari
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