Comments on: Site Specific Browers http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2006/11/site-specific-browers/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:11:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Mark Finkle http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2006/11/site-specific-browers/#comment-199 Mark Finkle Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:25:57 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2006/11/site-specific-browers/#comment-199 Matt - I agree with your reasoning for SSB suitability. In addition to GMail (or perhaps even better) is Google Docs and Spreadsheets. I think desktop integration there would be more valuable. There could be so many more "power user" tasks that an SSB could simplify. Matt - I agree with your reasoning for SSB suitability. In addition to GMail (or perhaps even better) is Google Docs and Spreadsheets. I think desktop integration there would be more valuable. There could be so many more “power user” tasks that an SSB could simplify.

]]> By: Matt Brindley http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2006/11/site-specific-browers/#comment-198 Matt Brindley Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:53:06 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2006/11/site-specific-browers/#comment-198 Hey, I built the Windows version of Pyro, Flare. I agree Mark, I think there's a whole bunch of web apps that could easily extend some functionality onto the desktop. I've found that web apps that increase their power users' productivity by extending it to the desktop are far more effective than simply bringing parts of the web app to the desktop. An obvious example would be GMail. If you use your email throughout the day (making you, in this example, a power user) a web application can quickly become unsuitable - however if you only check once per day or even less, an SSB becomes just another step to get your email. This is why I believe applications such as IDEs are not appropriate for a web application. What IDE user is not a power user? - Matt Hey,

I built the Windows version of Pyro, Flare. I agree Mark, I think there’s a whole bunch of web apps that could easily extend some functionality onto the desktop.
I’ve found that web apps that increase their power users’ productivity by extending it to the desktop are far more effective than simply bringing parts of the web app to the desktop.

An obvious example would be GMail. If you use your email throughout the day (making you, in this example, a power user) a web application can quickly become unsuitable - however if you only check once per day or even less, an SSB becomes just another step to get your email.

This is why I believe applications such as IDEs are not appropriate for a web application. What IDE user is not a power user?

- Matt

]]> By: Mark Finkle http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2006/11/site-specific-browers/#comment-188 Mark Finkle Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:24:35 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2006/11/site-specific-browers/#comment-188 Rafael, I don't know that I agree with you about "only a handful ... make sense". That is like saying, since iTunes exists, we don't need any other site specific media applications. I don't believe that's the case. Rafael,

I don’t know that I agree with you about “only a handful … make sense”. That is like saying, since iTunes exists, we don’t need any other site specific media applications. I don’t believe that’s the case.

]]> By: Rafael http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2006/11/site-specific-browers/#comment-183 Rafael Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:48:10 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2006/11/site-specific-browers/#comment-183 There's actually a bunch of these, and more on the way. The biggest example is iTunes which is essentially a site specific browser for iTunes store. It's not necessarily the next big thing because only a handful of site specific or vertical clients make sense. There’s actually a bunch of these, and more on the way. The biggest example is iTunes which is essentially a site specific browser for iTunes store.

It’s not necessarily the next big thing because only a handful of site specific or vertical clients make sense.

]]> By: Elmo http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2006/11/site-specific-browers/#comment-179 Elmo Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:43:34 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2006/11/site-specific-browers/#comment-179 Many years ago, when the world was a much hotter place ("Summer In the City" may not have been written about Houston but the shoe fits) Elmo asked a site admin why his site only supported Internet Exploder and the response included the phrase "you open source loser". That tickles Elmo now. Many years ago, when the world was a much hotter place (”Summer In the City” may not have been written about Houston but the shoe fits) Elmo asked a site admin why his site only supported Internet Exploder and the response included the phrase “you open source loser”. That tickles Elmo now.

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