Comments on The Keene View on Cloud Computing: Saving Ourselves From the Unweb

This is a very interesting article. We do see the ...

2008-04-04T04:34:00.000-07:00

This is a very interesting article. We do see the action heating up with respect to the browser space with Mozilla's Firefox and the newly introduced "Flock" web browser. Flock which is built on top of Firefox is the first browser to have integration for enabling social networking features.

The trend of Web Applications gaining over the standard desktop application space, there is need for web browsers to be able to be able to function in an offline mode. Google Gears does provide assistance in this regard and works are an add-on plug-in to the browsers is a step in this direction. We definitely are looking at a future scenario of having where RIA based Web apps will be able to function in a disconnected mode as well and synchronize the local storage once online. The DOM storage related changes taking place in the HTML5 specifications is also a step in this regard.

Tarun

Yes, during the 6 year drought ie did give us a bo...

2008-03-31T09:57:00.000-07:00

Yes, during the 6 year drought ie did give us a bone or two. Hey - even a blind pig finds an acorn every now and then! ;-)

"What we know is that we have never gotten good br...

2008-03-31T04:22:00.000-07:00

"What we know is that we have never gotten good browser enhancements and tools from the market leader. So now you know what you need to do to save the web - download and use the underdog web browser and give it all the love you can ;-)"

Seems the author forgot which browser gave us the XHR object first.