Gnot that hard, bud.
On 1/4/06, Paul Lalonde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3-Jan-06, at 12:07 PM, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > > If it is a Gnot-thingy and it is only connecting to Google, why would > > they muck with AJAX when they can use a file protocol? > > User-base and user-acceptability. > The user base comes from people already running AJAX boxes. > User acceptability comes from addressing a key shortcoming of Gnot. > I like Gnot --- I don't think Rob has gotten nearly the recognition > from the HCI community on this interface breakthrough and interfaces- > for-programmers in general --- but I continue to doubt that the > public is ready to put all their files on a remote server without > being able to get to them when the umbilicus is severed. Servers > make people anxious; by adding local disk Google can ease that while > still mirroring people's data on their network/computer. Gmail was > just the start of that particular slippery slope. > > Paul >
