Comments on: Multiply your Java apps by 2.0 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/05/17/multiply-your-java-desktop-apps-by-20/ Manifesto-driven development. Eclectic thoughts. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chris http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/05/17/multiply-your-java-desktop-apps-by-20/comment-page-1/#comment-5343 Chris Thu, 18 May 2006 01:48:06 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/05/17/multiply-your-java-desktop-apps-by-20/#comment-5343 Hey! This post isn't compatible with Cynicism 1.0 I agree with you re: no substitute for rich desktop apps. I think that the fiddliness and flakiness of non-mainstream AJAX apps has a lot to do with the development and test environments that they spawn from. I would hope that this (and other tools) lower the barrier to entry for AJAX and increase the average amount QC. Increasing numbers of zero-install, usable and responsive, traditionally applications like we see from Yahoo and Google. Hey! This post isn’t compatible with Cynicism 1.0

I agree with you re: no substitute for rich desktop apps.

I think that the fiddliness and flakiness of non-mainstream AJAX apps has a lot to do with the development and test environments that they spawn from. I would hope that this (and other tools) lower the barrier to entry for AJAX and increase the average amount QC. Increasing numbers of zero-install, usable and responsive, traditionally applications like we see from Yahoo and Google.

]]> By: Alastair http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/05/17/multiply-your-java-desktop-apps-by-20/comment-page-1/#comment-5336 Alastair Wed, 17 May 2006 23:03:20 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/05/17/multiply-your-java-desktop-apps-by-20/#comment-5336 Hmm. As much as I like AJAX apps when they're done well (as Gmail is) there still isn't any substitute for a desktop app, or better still a desktop app that uses a web API to store data centrally. In other words I use Mail.app unless it's blocked by a firewall, in which case the AJAX interface is great. All this is by way of saying that the really interesting stuff is on the server side. Hmm. As much as I like AJAX apps when they’re done well (as Gmail is) there still isn’t any substitute for a desktop app, or better still a desktop app that uses a web API to store data centrally. In other words I use Mail.app unless it’s blocked by a firewall, in which case the AJAX interface is great.

All this is by way of saying that the really interesting stuff is on the server side.

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