Comments on: Bye bye Word, what a crock http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060323/3068/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:29:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: The Ponderings of Woodrow http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060323/3068/#comment-61314 The Ponderings of Woodrow Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:11:11 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060323/3068/#comment-61314 <strong>The Hyperbole Engine is Roaring Again...AjaxWrite the latest freight cargo</strong> Deja Vu all over again. Honestly, didn't we just have a Microsoft Word is Doomed hype cycle two weeks ago when Google bought Writely? Now we're all up in arms because an AJAX startup called ajaxWrite launched? Click on over The Hyperbole Engine is Roaring Again…AjaxWrite the latest freight cargo

Deja Vu all over again. Honestly, didn’t we just have a Microsoft Word is Doomed hype cycle two weeks ago when Google bought Writely? Now we’re all up in arms because an AJAX startup called ajaxWrite launched? Click on over

]]> By: John Dowdell http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060323/3068/#comment-61216 John Dowdell Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:07:23 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060323/3068/#comment-61216 Thanks for the essay, I'm with you... more info, on a possible lead for JavaScript browser apps handling occasional connectivity, here: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2006/03/ajax_marketing.cfm (Scroll to the "Make You Go Hmm" link a few screenfuls down... server has traffic problems today and may take a bit to deliver. :( Thanks for the essay, I’m with you… more info, on a possible lead for JavaScript browser apps handling occasional connectivity, here:
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2006/03/ajax_marketing.cfm

(Scroll to the “Make You Go Hmm” link a few screenfuls down… server has traffic problems today and may take a bit to deliver. :(

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060323/3068/#comment-61198 TDavid Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:28:32 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060323/3068/#comment-61198 Liam - that's a worthwhile point to bring up. It's too bad it has to be that way, Sterling, but I agree with you. Liam - that’s a worthwhile point to bring up.

It’s too bad it has to be that way, Sterling, but I agree with you.

]]> By: Sterling Camden http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060323/3068/#comment-61192 Sterling Camden Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:07:12 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060323/3068/#comment-61192 Don't hold your breath waiting for Word to become leaner (even as an option, or anti-option). If history is any guide, it will only become more of a memory/processor hog in order to support new features. Don’t hold your breath waiting for Word to become leaner (even as an option, or anti-option). If history is any guide, it will only become more of a memory/processor hog in order to support new features.

]]> By: Liam @ Web 2.5 Blog http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060323/3068/#comment-61171 Liam @ Web 2.5 Blog Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:33:05 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060323/3068/#comment-61171 There's another way to get the benefits Mr. Robertson extols, without the (showstopping) problems you describe: run the web 'service' from a mobile device (hitting local browsers with wi-fi), and sync to an online service or to peers when connectivity is available. I call this... Web 2.5: The Always-On-You Web Blog at http://web2dot5.blogspot.com/ There’s another way to get the benefits Mr. Robertson extols, without the (showstopping) problems you describe: run the web ’service’ from a mobile device (hitting local browsers with wi-fi), and sync to an online service or to peers when connectivity is available. I call this…

Web 2.5: The Always-On-You Web
Blog at http://web2dot5.blogspot.com/

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