Geoff...
On Nov 16, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Geoff Canyon wrote:
Further, even after universal wireless access, speed can be an
issue if large files are involved. As Richard pointed out,
downloading 150mb worth of Photoshop each time I want to use it
isn't a good idea even at 802.11g speeds.
And AJAX never envisions downloading the application. The app runs on
the server, the UI runs in the thin client (aka browser) and the data
is stored on the server and transferred as necessary.
Photoshop may be one of the last apps to go this route.
Or maybe someone will find a way to re-factor what Photoshop does in
such a way that it is even easier than it seems. (I don't know; I'm
not a Photoshop user.)
Neither is downloading 30 megabytes of Revolution stackfiles each
time I want to edit them.
Again, the notion is not necessarily that these large chunks of
"stuff" are downloaded. The idea is to create a thin client that
accesses the information in a clean, elegant, smooth way for you
while letting everything "big" reside on the server.
For many applications, local storage is completely necessary until
wireless access is 1. Everywhere 2. Really Fast.
As long as we think of apps in traditional terms, yes.
I have all of my phone contacts stored on my computer. Some of them
aren't on my cell phone (admittedly not many). If my phone contacts
were stored on a server and I were someplace where I don't have
access to the internet, I have no access to those contacts to look
someone up and call them.
I don't disagree that in the absence of Internet ubiquity there are
such needs. I simply argue that Internet ubiquity is not that far off
and that we'd do well to be prepared for its arrival.
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Dan Shafer
Technology Visionary - Technology Assessment - Documentation
"Looking at technology from every angle"
http://www.eclecticity.com
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