Comments on: Desktop Apps, reborn as hybrids http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Apple Gives Desktop Apps an Internet Life http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-920662 Apple Gives Desktop Apps an Internet Life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:33:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-920662 <p>[...] Internet-in-the-desktop approach is something we have talked about for a long time — probably too long. Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie, in an interview with me, [...]</p> [...] Internet-in-the-desktop approach is something we have talked about for a long time — probably too long. Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie, in an interview with me, [...]

]]> By: Adobe AIR & Its Hybrid App Dreams - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-862981 Adobe AIR & Its Hybrid App Dreams - GigaOM Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:34:56 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-862981 <p>[...] Desktop Apps, reborn as hybrids [...]</p> [...] Desktop Apps, reborn as hybrids [...]

]]> By: GigaOM Apple+Google: Now That’s Hot « http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-159624 GigaOM Apple+Google: Now That’s Hot « Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:20:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-159624 <p>[...] Docs, Google Spreadsheets, Reader and other such web-based offerings being offered as slick desktop apps (that sync with paid dot.Mac accounts ) - now that would ruin someone’s day up in Redmond. [...]</p> [...] Docs, Google Spreadsheets, Reader and other such web-based offerings being offered as slick desktop apps (that sync with paid dot.Mac accounts ) – now that would ruin someone’s day up in Redmond. [...]

]]> By: » Rich Internet Applications and the software renaissance | The Universal Desktop | ZDNet.com http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93862 » Rich Internet Applications and the software renaissance | The Universal Desktop | ZDNet.com Tue, 22 May 2007 22:48:05 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93862 <p>[...] Om Malik is the latest to notice the increasing number of "hybrid" technologies that are bridging the desktop and the web. Mike Arrington of TechCrunch was the first to give a good rundown of the space and so I felt like it was a good time to reiterate why this is so important. [...]</p> [...] Om Malik is the latest to notice the increasing number of "hybrid" technologies that are bridging the desktop and the web. Mike Arrington of TechCrunch was the first to give a good rundown of the space and so I felt like it was a good time to reiterate why this is so important. [...]

]]> By: Push for offline web applications « TechNayak(mirror) http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93861 Push for offline web applications « TechNayak(mirror) Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:14:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93861 <p>[...] many products and technologies that help achieve the cause. Om Malik has called it the age of the hybrid apps. The biggest problem, of course is the availability of ubiquitous broadband, without which even [...]</p> [...] many products and technologies that help achieve the cause. Om Malik has called it the age of the hybrid apps. The biggest problem, of course is the availability of ubiquitous broadband, without which even [...]

]]> By: TechNayak » Push for offline web applications http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93860 TechNayak » Push for offline web applications Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:46:25 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93860 <p>[...] many products and technologies that help achieve the cause. Om Malik has called it the age of the hybrid apps.   The biggest problem, of course is the availability of ubiquitous broadband, without which even [...]</p> [...] many products and technologies that help achieve the cause. Om Malik has called it the age of the hybrid apps.   The biggest problem, of course is the availability of ubiquitous broadband, without which even [...]

]]> By: Business Two Zero » Blog Archive » Weekly SaaS Roundup - w/c 2007/04/02 http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93859 Business Two Zero » Blog Archive » Weekly SaaS Roundup - w/c 2007/04/02 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:20:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93859 <p>[...] Malik suggests the desktop is like a “cat with nine lives” as announcements of the death of software are [...]</p> [...] Malik suggests the desktop is like a “cat with nine lives” as announcements of the death of software are [...]

]]> By: Link Train - 3.27.2007 | WinExtra http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93858 Link Train - 3.27.2007 | WinExtra Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:58:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93858 <p>[...] Desktop Apps, reborn as hybrids via Om Malik [...]</p> [...] Desktop Apps, reborn as hybrids via Om Malik [...]

]]> By: Tech News for 3/27/2007 Tips Dr.com http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93855 Tech News for 3/27/2007 Tips Dr.com Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:22:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93855 <p>[...] Desktop Apps, reborn as hybrids Not desktop apps, not web apps, but hybrids. Makes sense with Internet speed increasing and hard drives growing so big. [...]</p> [...] Desktop Apps, reborn as hybrids Not desktop apps, not web apps, but hybrids. Makes sense with Internet speed increasing and hard drives growing so big. [...]

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93857 Jesse Kopelman Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:11:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93857 <p>I think what you call hybrid is more a step forward than a retreat. After all, isn't more utility better than less? Functional without Internet access and even more functional with Internet access sounds pretty good to me . . .</p> I think what you call hybrid is more a step forward than a retreat. After all, isn’t more utility better than less? Functional without Internet access and even more functional with Internet access sounds pretty good to me . . .

]]> By: Greg Goldberg http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93856 Greg Goldberg Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:51:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93856 <p>Old technologies, new names. Not only is AJAX as we know is just an older technologey with a newely coined tech term, but even the merger of desktop to the web app has been around for years..</p> <p>Most CRM companies such as Salesforce.com, Netsuite, Salesboom.com and RightNow, offer an offline edetion of thier products that automatically syncs data when an internet connection is available!</p> <p>In the tech world, whenever a new thing comes a long we get the fears of loosing the old out right, just like we thought the TV would kill the Radio or the Net would kill the TV, crap!</p> <p>So Whats New?</p> Old technologies, new names. Not only is AJAX as we know is just an older technologey with a newely coined tech term, but even the merger of desktop to the web app has been around for years..

Most CRM companies such as Salesforce.com, Netsuite, Salesboom.com and RightNow, offer an offline edetion of thier products that automatically syncs data when an internet connection is available!

In the tech world, whenever a new thing comes a long we get the fears of loosing the old out right, just like we thought the TV would kill the Radio or the Net would kill the TV, crap!

So Whats New?

]]> By: jc http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93854 jc Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:54:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93854 <p>Good job Om. There are just some things right now that need to get done, and blending the desktop with ip channels and social networks makes alot of sense. Streaming of binary data, and I mean large binary streams of 1 gig or more, encrypting with aes, drag and drop, intelligent filtering, built in scheduling of binary transports, layering on top of existing file systems, all of this is best left to desktop applications. You are about the only one with any sense out there reporting on current technology trends.</p> Good job Om. There are just some things right now that need to get done, and blending the desktop with ip channels and social networks makes alot of sense. Streaming of binary data, and I mean large binary streams of 1 gig or more, encrypting with aes, drag and drop, intelligent filtering, built in scheduling of binary transports, layering on top of existing file systems, all of this is best left to desktop applications. You are about the only one with any sense out there reporting on current technology trends.

]]> By: webtech http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93853 webtech Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:37:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93853 <p>Software is taking a U-Turn. Not long ago web-enabling the fat clients was the fancy agenda, a panacea for all the problems, in the list of todo for every software house. Now everyone is hooked with the idea of desktopifying the web. But it is good because industry is trying to bring the best of both worlds to the customers. What we are witnessing is all signal, noise, chaos, brilliance, buzz and experiment before the marriage. Trying to tie the richness of desktop applications with easy6 universal accesability of web apps is becoming easier with Apollo, Joyant, Deokoh,OpenLazlo, FireFox 3.0, Widgets etc.</p> Software is taking a U-Turn. Not long ago web-enabling the fat clients was the fancy agenda, a panacea for all the problems, in the list of todo for every software house. Now everyone is hooked with the idea of desktopifying the web. But it is good because industry is trying to bring the best of both worlds to the customers. What we are witnessing is all signal, noise, chaos, brilliance, buzz and experiment before the marriage. Trying to tie the richness of desktop applications with easy6 universal accesability of web apps is becoming easier with Apollo, Joyant, Deokoh,OpenLazlo, FireFox 3.0, Widgets etc.

]]> By: Len Kawell http://gigaom.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93852 Len Kawell Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:27:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/hybrid-apps/#comment-93852 <p>We've been calling them "Web-connected apps" and we've spent the last few years creating an application framework for developing and deploying them to the desktop. The Pepper environment seamlessly integrates Mozilla Firefox, Java and Flash. It runs on Windows or we've got a lightweight Linux distro based on Fedora for a complete solution for low-end devices. See www.pepper.com.</p> We’ve been calling them “Web-connected apps” and we’ve spent the last few years creating an application framework for developing and deploying them to the desktop. The Pepper environment seamlessly integrates Mozilla Firefox, Java and Flash. It runs on Windows or we’ve got a lightweight Linux distro based on Fedora for a complete solution for low-end devices. See http://www.pepper.com.

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