Hi,<br><br>My $0.02 after reading that IRC log.<br><br>IMO "Web 2.0" is a success only because the current desktop is a failure. I often read comments online about making a "web operating system" and how everything should be in the cloud since all the apps they use are web apps. What bullocks, <br>
<br>One reason why web 2.0 applications are such a success is because they require no
steps to get them to users. A simple link from a friend and in seconds
you can be on a new social networking site without needing to download
anything OR install anything that could potentially damage your
computer. That is a failure of the desktop.<br>
Running an unknown application in a sandbox is a natural thing to do
BUT that doesn't mean we should be tied to embedding it in a web
browser to acheive it.<br><br>GMail more specifically is a success because:<br>1. It's accessible from any computer<br>2. It provides an email address not linked to your ISP with a lot of storage and good spam filtering.<br>
3. It has a good interface.<br><br>1. Is a failure of the current desktop in particular the security model <br>2. Has nothing to do with it being a web app.<br>3. Is a failure of the desktop. How is it that I can search my gmail quicker then a few hundred megs of email on my local machine? I can't believe I have to wait minutes searching in my local email. GMail is instaneous.<br>
<br>Besides the imbred silicon valley crowd the only web 2.0 apps regular people use are webmail and social networking. =) <br><i><br></i>I love this line from the wiki<i><br></i><p><i>First Commandment of User Interface design: I'm the computer, your platform. Thou shall have no other platforms before me. <s>Not even</s> Especially not the shiny, web2.0 ones.
</i></p>Kindest Regards<br>Jared<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/10 Aaron J. Seigo <<a href="mailto:aseigo@kde.org">aseigo@kde.org</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
hi all<br>
<br>
the other day i spent an hour or two talking with a user 1 on 1 about plasma.<br>
it was very enlightening to me as far as what even an enthusiasted user<br>
struggles with seeing (even if they are already happy with kde4) as well as<br>
providing a really nice opportunity for me to riff openly about my own personal<br>
vision for plasma<br>
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so i thought i'd share it with you should you care to<br>
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<a href="http://bddf.ca/%7Easeigo/plasma_user_discussion.log" target="_blank">http://bddf.ca/~aseigo/plasma_user_discussion.log</a><br>
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