Comments on: Who needs these Ajax applications http://www.deepakalur.com/blog/2006/03/30/who-needs-these-ajax-applications/ [ Deepak Alur's Blog ] Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:04:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: deepak.alur http://www.deepakalur.com/blog/2006/03/30/who-needs-these-ajax-applications/#comment-39 deepak.alur Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:52:26 +0000 http://www.deepakalur.com/blog/2006/03/30/who-needs-these-ajax-applications/#comment-39 Brian, You are right. To be more specific, for general purpose graphics work, I like to use Gimp. And for vector graphics, I do like Inkscape. Both are awesome and like you said, depends what you want to use them for. Thanks. Brian,
You are right. To be more specific, for general purpose graphics work, I like to use Gimp. And for vector graphics, I do like Inkscape. Both are awesome and like you said, depends what you want to use them for.
Thanks.

]]> By: Brian http://www.deepakalur.com/blog/2006/03/30/who-needs-these-ajax-applications/#comment-38 Brian Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:18:31 +0000 http://www.deepakalur.com/blog/2006/03/30/who-needs-these-ajax-applications/#comment-38 Gimp cannot handle SVG. SVG is vector; Inkscape is the closest app to ajaxSketch. Gimp is a false comparison; it's like saying that Illustrator is not as good as Photoshop: apples and oranges, depends on what you're trying to do. Gimp cannot handle SVG. SVG is vector; Inkscape is the closest app to ajaxSketch. Gimp is a false comparison; it’s like saying that Illustrator is not as good as Photoshop: apples and oranges, depends on what you’re trying to do.

]]> By: deepak.alur http://www.deepakalur.com/blog/2006/03/30/who-needs-these-ajax-applications/#comment-37 deepak.alur Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:38:24 +0000 http://www.deepakalur.com/blog/2006/03/30/who-needs-these-ajax-applications/#comment-37 Gadster, Looks like you want the Google Desktop real bad. Your points are well taken. thanks for your comments. Gadster,
Looks like you want the Google Desktop real bad.
Your points are well taken.
thanks for your comments.

]]> By: The Gadster http://www.deepakalur.com/blog/2006/03/30/who-needs-these-ajax-applications/#comment-36 The Gadster Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:50:26 +0000 http://www.deepakalur.com/blog/2006/03/30/who-needs-these-ajax-applications/#comment-36 Sigh. The manufacturers have created a global flock of happy laptop-luggers that are content to shoulder their products around, and be forced into buying the next rev every couple of years. No doubt this model is working as I see the hordes in airports and train stations hunched over their keyboards. I don't want to lug equipment around. I walk fair-sized distances. I ride on a bicycle. I forget power cords and SecureID cards. I get rained on. I'm mobile and like it that way. I don't want my state to be on a single point of failure disk spindle, mass produced for low-cost and low-reliability. I do want my state to be available wherever I am and I want it to be secure. I don't want to bother with state backups. I don't want to synchronize my state between multiple sources. Open Office? I don't want to be a slave to the vicious download/install/maintain cycle. Open Office? I don't use all of its options. I want the Ajax apps to offer a little more, but I don't need too much. There's no doubt at all that the laptop-lugging model works for a lot of people. It bothers me, however, that I'm forced into this mode of operation even if it doesn't work for me. It is also annoying to see so many luggers working hours on platform and meta-issues (software updates, virus resolution, state synchronization, hardware incompabibilites, wireless failures, DHCP retries, solitaire, etc.) vs. using their equipment for the real business purpose it was issued to them for. Sigh. The manufacturers have created a global flock of happy laptop-luggers that are content to shoulder their products around, and be forced into buying the next rev every couple of years. No doubt this model is working as I see the hordes in airports and train stations hunched over their keyboards.

I don’t want to lug equipment around. I walk fair-sized distances. I ride on a bicycle. I forget power cords and SecureID cards. I get rained on. I’m mobile and like it that way.

I don’t want my state to be on a single point of failure disk spindle, mass produced for low-cost and low-reliability.

I do want my state to be available wherever I am and I want it to be secure.

I don’t want to bother with state backups.

I don’t want to synchronize my state between multiple sources.

Open Office? I don’t want to be a slave to the vicious download/install/maintain cycle.

Open Office? I don’t use all of its options. I want the Ajax apps to offer a little more, but I don’t need too much.

There’s no doubt at all that the laptop-lugging model works for a lot of people. It bothers me, however, that I’m forced into this mode of operation even if it doesn’t work for me. It is also annoying to see so many luggers working hours on platform and meta-issues (software updates, virus resolution, state synchronization, hardware incompabibilites, wireless failures, DHCP retries, solitaire, etc.) vs. using their equipment for the real business purpose it was issued to them for.

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