Comments on: Welcome the hybrids http://sameerahuja.com/blog/welcome-the-hybrids/ Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:58:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ankit http://sameerahuja.com/blog/welcome-the-hybrids/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Ankit Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:30:00 +0000 http://sameerahuja.com/blog/2007/04/welcome-the-hybrids/#comment-21 <p>lol yea</p> lol yea

]]> By: Sameer Ahuja http://sameerahuja.com/blog/welcome-the-hybrids/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Sameer Ahuja Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:17:38 +0000 http://sameerahuja.com/blog/2007/04/welcome-the-hybrids/#comment-20 <p>Yeah, one could do an entire thesis on Web 2.0 names and what they mean. Or don't mean.</p> Yeah, one could do an entire thesis on Web 2.0 names and what they mean. Or don’t mean.

]]> By: Ankit http://sameerahuja.com/blog/welcome-the-hybrids/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Ankit Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:36:35 +0000 http://sameerahuja.com/blog/2007/04/welcome-the-hybrids/#comment-19 <p>And whats more, the eye in the "O" makes me seriously wonder its connection to "dekho"</p> And whats more, the eye in the “O” makes me seriously wonder its connection to “dekho”

]]> By: Ankit http://sameerahuja.com/blog/welcome-the-hybrids/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Ankit Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:31:12 +0000 http://sameerahuja.com/blog/2007/04/welcome-the-hybrids/#comment-18 <p>personally i think its more connected to "desktop" than "dekho". OR maybe I am wrong, they werent that good at hindi and spelled "dekho" wrong!</p> personally i think its more connected to “desktop” than “dekho”. OR maybe I am wrong, they werent that good at hindi and spelled “dekho” wrong!

]]> By: Sameer Ahuja http://sameerahuja.com/blog/welcome-the-hybrids/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Sameer Ahuja Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:08:29 +0000 http://sameerahuja.com/blog/2007/04/welcome-the-hybrids/#comment-17 <p>Dekoh is open source, and I love that about it. In its space, I think it's the only open-source alternative.</p> <p>I'm quite curious about it's name though, is it a take on the hindi word 'dekho'? :)</p> Dekoh is open source, and I love that about it. In its space, I think it’s the only open-source alternative.

I’m quite curious about it’s name though, is it a take on the hindi word ‘dekho’? :)

]]> By: dekohworld http://sameerahuja.com/blog/welcome-the-hybrids/comment-page-1/#comment-16 dekohworld Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:46:59 +0000 http://sameerahuja.com/blog/2007/04/welcome-the-hybrids/#comment-16 <p>The rush to web in the last decade has left the desktop predominantly ignored. There are a few things missing from web apps, despite all advantages...read http://blog.pullur.com/2006/12/07/3-things-missing-with-web-apps/.</p> <p>One of the goals of these hybrid apps (dektop-web) is to combine the best of both world. http://blog.pullur.com/2007/03/12/combining-the-best-of-desktop-and-web-dekoh/</p> <p>Products like Dekoh are trying to bring them together.</p> The rush to web in the last decade has left the desktop predominantly ignored. There are a few things missing from web apps, despite all advantages…read http://blog.pullur.com/2006/12/07/3-things-missing-with-web-apps/.

One of the goals of these hybrid apps (dektop-web) is to combine the best of both world. http://blog.pullur.com/2007/03/12/combining-the-best-of-desktop-and-web-dekoh/

Products like Dekoh are trying to bring them together.

]]> By: Ankit http://sameerahuja.com/blog/welcome-the-hybrids/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Ankit Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:48:10 +0000 http://sameerahuja.com/blog/2007/04/welcome-the-hybrids/#comment-15 <p>That would really be cool. The technologies are comin up so quickly that I think it might be gettin tougher for even the geeks to catch up! lol</p> That would really be cool. The technologies are comin up so quickly that I think it might be gettin tougher for even the geeks to catch up! lol

]]> By: Sameer Ahuja http://sameerahuja.com/blog/welcome-the-hybrids/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Sameer Ahuja Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:41:16 +0000 http://sameerahuja.com/blog/2007/04/welcome-the-hybrids/#comment-11 <p>Yes, well it's more of a part of Web 2.0<br><br></p> <p>Actually, Web 2.0 isn't a precise entity, it's more of a cloud of related trends and technologies. One of its clear outcomes is a fundamental shift in what we expect from online applications.<br><br></p> <p>Go back to 2001. Would you have expected to edit your excel sheets online? Or apply Photoshop-esque filters to images right in your browser? Or, have access to terabytes of videos shared by people just like you?<br><br></p> <p>We've started using web applications for so many different uses, that some of them just <i>demand</i> desktop integration for better usability. Case in point: online storage services. Sites like <a href="http://www.omnidrive.com" rel="nofollow">omnidrive</a> integrate right into your Windows desktop through their tools. With Apollo and other runtimes available and Firefox adding APIs for offline usage, I guess we'll see a whole bunch of new, innovative ways in which web applications will integrate into our desktop.</p> Yes, well it’s more of a part of Web 2.0

Actually, Web 2.0 isn’t a precise entity, it’s more of a cloud of related trends and technologies. One of its clear outcomes is a fundamental shift in what we expect from online applications.

Go back to 2001. Would you have expected to edit your excel sheets online? Or apply Photoshop-esque filters to images right in your browser? Or, have access to terabytes of videos shared by people just like you?

We’ve started using web applications for so many different uses, that some of them just demand desktop integration for better usability. Case in point: online storage services. Sites like omnidrive integrate right into your Windows desktop through their tools. With Apollo and other runtimes available and Firefox adding APIs for offline usage, I guess we’ll see a whole bunch of new, innovative ways in which web applications will integrate into our desktop.

]]> By: Ankit http://sameerahuja.com/blog/welcome-the-hybrids/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Ankit Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:00:21 +0000 http://sameerahuja.com/blog/2007/04/welcome-the-hybrids/#comment-12 <p>Do you mean to say that we will have calender, address book and all the stuff available offline? With the occasional updating when connected? That sounds like another revolution like web2.0. And I don't exactly get it, are these what you call "hybrid applications"?</p> <p>Oooh...scyrbe sounds like fun. I want to Digg this too!</p> Do you mean to say that we will have calender, address book and all the stuff available offline? With the occasional updating when connected? That sounds like another revolution like web2.0. And I don’t exactly get it, are these what you call “hybrid applications”?

Oooh…scyrbe sounds like fun. I want to Digg this too!

]]> By: Sameer Ahuja http://sameerahuja.com/blog/welcome-the-hybrids/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Sameer Ahuja Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:25:30 +0000 http://sameerahuja.com/blog/2007/04/welcome-the-hybrids/#comment-14 <p>lol okay, point taken. Let's just remove it and pretend it never happened, shall we?</p> lol okay, point taken. Let’s just remove it and pretend it never happened, shall we?

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