>> You'll be quite disappointed to find out that the file is in Google docs when you open y >> our laptop without a network connection. I'd prefer to know exactly where my file is. A design problem, the solution to which already comes via Google Gears (offline sync'd Docs and GMail!)
The distinction between OS and Browser is becoming unimportant. The main difference is in performance; if you need to do processor-intensive stuff (design/development, making video, laying down tracks for your latest album, tricky features in productivity apps), a native-running app is the ticket. But you could probably lock most people within a full-screened browser and they'd still be covered. With strange animals like "SplashTop," a minimal OS for netbooks that runs Skype, Mozilla, and IM; Google's Gears and pending Chrome OS; and especially with Web 2.0's ability to save and use local data, as well as run without an Internet connection, what's the difference to the end-user? One runs inside the other, but what if the Browser ran alone? That's more of the question you're asking, right Kim? - Nasir ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
