Comments on: Is IM the “Last Desktop App Standing”? http://shebanator.com/2007/03/02/is-im-the-last-desktop-app-standing/ Thoughts on Dynamic Languages, Web Apps, and more Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anders Borg http://shebanator.com/2007/03/02/is-im-the-last-desktop-app-standing/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Anders Borg Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:17:19 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/is-im-the-last-desktop-app-standing/#comment-190 Mobile IM is already wide-spread, so it seems David Hersh has slept under a rock for a couple of years. Right now IM clients are developed in Java ME, but they could move to also Flash Lite, AJAX etc once enough phones have them and they provide enough functionality. Most IM is just text, even on a PC, so David's arguments are weak. Mobile IM is already wide-spread, so it seems David Hersh has slept under a rock for a couple of years.

Right now IM clients are developed in Java ME, but they could move to also Flash Lite, AJAX etc once enough phones have them and they provide enough functionality.

Most IM is just text, even on a PC, so David’s arguments are weak.

]]> By: Jean-Louis Seguineau http://shebanator.com/2007/03/02/is-im-the-last-desktop-app-standing/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Jean-Louis Seguineau Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:47:53 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/is-im-the-last-desktop-app-standing/#comment-189 You are right, it does not matter "how those applications get onto the desktop". It does not matter either if they are "built on Web technologies" or "on traditional “desktop” APIs". These are all valid alternatives as long as they serve their legitimate purpose: provide a solution to an end-user pain points. Technology is a tool not an end ;) <b>[Andrew says:]</b> <i>I agree completely. I'm not against the idea of using native APIs for such applications and should have made that clear in what I wrote. I was just disputing the idea that somehow IM apps were somehow immune from the trend toward RIAs and web-based applications.</i> You are right, it does not matter “how those applications get onto the desktop”. It does not matter either if they are “built on Web technologies” or “on traditional “desktop” APIs”.

These are all valid alternatives as long as they serve their legitimate purpose: provide a solution to an end-user pain points. Technology is a tool not an end ;)

[Andrew says:] I agree completely. I’m not against the idea of using native APIs for such applications and should have made that clear in what I wrote. I was just disputing the idea that somehow IM apps were somehow immune from the trend toward RIAs and web-based applications.

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