Comments on: Google: Fulfilling Netscape’s Original Vision

By: magnus.de

magnus.de — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:19:53 +0000

[...] ist die Rede vom ultimativen WebOS, der Erfüllung der Netscape-Vision. Man mag mich als typisch deutschen Miesmacher beschimpfen – aber irgendwie habe ich das schon ein [...]

By: Articles of the Day « dave liu dot com

Articles of the Day « dave liu dot com — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:29:05 +0000

[...] Chrome To Exit Beta, Move Closer To ‘Web OS’ — Google will soon take Chrome, the Web browser the search giant launched last summer, out of beta, vice president Marissa Mayer announced recently at Le Web 08. The move is significant, TechCrunch says, because Google already has a number of eager customers who can’t offer the open source browser until it’s out of beta. With Chrome, Google is essentially trying to redefine the browser around open standards. On Monday, the search giant rolled out a new open source software platform called Native Client, which GigaOm says moves Google “even closer to fulfilling the early promise of a ‘web operating system.”‘ This was one of Microsoft’s original fears when Marc Andreessen brought Netscape to prominence over a decade ago: that the browser maker would be able to offer services and features that compete head on with Microsoft’s desktop software products. Famously, Bill Gates and co. countered with the scripting language ActiveX and the browser Internet Explorer, which ultimately clobbered Java and Netscape. [...]

By: Google Opens Up App Engine Pricing Model

Google Opens Up App Engine Pricing Model — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:14:59 +0000

[...] small-traffic applications; meanwhile, Google is carefully launching an ecosystem for developers to build and sell their cloud-based [...]

By: Native Client: An OS in Your Browser

Native Client: An OS in Your Browser — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:00:52 +0000

[...] Ingram | Saturday, December 13, 2008 | 9:00 AM PT | 0 comments Earlier this week, I wrote about the launch of Google’s Native Client, and how the company hoped that the new software would [...]

By: I got linked from a Gigaom article yeste … « Paul M. Watson

I got linked from a Gigaom article yeste … « Paul M. Watson — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:42 +0000

[...] am on December 11, 2008 | # | Tags: web I got linked from a Gigaom article yesterday. I can factually say it sends very little traffic. Ah well. § [...]

By: Ted Murphy

Ted Murphy — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:12:35 +0000

Chrome is just another way to distribute the Google search toolbar.

By: Michael F. Smith Jr. Lives Here » Blog Archive » Back to the future…

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:33:17 +0000

[...] thought it was interesting to see what is happening to the browser world. I don’t think this GigaOm article is that well written but it does kick off a nice discussion. Clearly Netscape was on the right [...]

By: thegeniusfiles

thegeniusfiles — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:37:20 +0000

I know they will concentrate on Windows first… but really they should focus on a version for Linux. At last, a clear alternative to Windows. Bring it!

By: Q dub

Q dub — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:17:45 +0000

Great post. The web app vs desktop app is the most central conflict in all of internet history, and it began long before Web 2.0 was coined. Tim O’Reilly has written plenty about this, great read.

By: Collegiate Living

Collegiate Living — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:50:57 +0000

Security is my main question as well...the downfall of ActiveX was indeed security...

can someone please post a follow up regarding how the security levels are intended to match up against the ever growing abilities to counter new programs?

Thanks

By: Arthur Klepchukov

Arthur Klepchukov — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:24:41 +0000

Is anyone else worried about the security implications of this? ActiveX is notorious for exposing the end user to more threats. I’d like to hear more from the security community referenced here: http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2008/12/native-client-technology-for-running.html

By: Yellow SEO

Yellow SEO — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:56:40 +0000

Will very interesting so see how Native Client compares to the method of combining adobe flex with c++ for web appz. Wow the possibilities that Native Client will opening for the web with rich powerful fast web applications.

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:13:00 +0000

@notaprogrammer: thanks for catching that in the description of Java — I should have just said “programming language” and left it at that. And @TomB, that is a great point about ActiveX, and one of the main reasons it didn’t take off as much as it probably could have — and a significant difference between it and Native Client as well.

And @Todd, thanks for the compliment. Glad you enjoyed it :-)

By: Tom B

Tom B — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:54:36 +0000

You fail to note that ActiveX never really “caught on”. As a Windows-only technology, you really can’t deploy it on the web, or lots of people won’t be able to use your site.

By: Notaprogrammer

Notaprogrammer — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:53:03 +0000

Wow. Didn’t know that Java was a scripting language. Netscape released their Mosaic browser before Java was even released. Perhaps the writer meant javascript? I know it’s tough in this day and age to find good technical writers, but this is poor domain knowledge, as well as poor editorial work.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:50:01 +0000

"...the knife that Google is already holding to Microsoft’s neck with its web apps could cut a little deeper."

The most well written sentence I have read in a post all day. Thank you.

Keep hope alive!