On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:34 AM, David Tweed <david.tw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Will Light <visi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> but the notion of a browser-based terminal >> for a local machine just seems ridiculous...and that's a mild example! >> a browser-based music sequencer or video editor, for example, is so >> far off that it's just impractical. > > Just to provide some context: this probably isn't the fully featured > video editor that you were talking about, and it appears not to use > NaCl but do everything remotely, but clearly a web-based video editor > exists: > > http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/06/youtube-video-editor.html >
yeah, I'm aware that the stuff exists. just earlier today I was doing quite a bit of fiddling around with the current version of audiotool (http://www.audiotool.com/), and it's pretty cool. the potential is definitely there, but the point I'm trying to make is that these things are constantly playing catch-up. the feature set that these browser-based apps are seeking to duplicate is the sort of stuff that was novel, say...10 years ago, but it's nothing groundbreaking from the standpoint of a professional music producer. perhaps these apps will end up replacing the entry-level stuff like garageband or iMovie, but I think they will be hard-pressed to unseat Cubase, ProTools, or even newcomers like REAPER. -w
