Web 2.0 Missing Link
March 8, 2006 8:18 AM
I would like a system that lets me create a document and save it on my drive and then I can call my E-Mail and send the file attached. All this while listening to music
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, man....is this some sort of link spam? Do you mean a seamless service where you won't have to move to all these different sites?
posted by cosmicbandito at 8:46 AM on March 8, 2006
posted by cosmicbandito at 8:46 AM on March 8, 2006
Web 2.0: Yesterday's technology, today.
A second vote for Windows.
posted by GuyZero at 8:48 AM on March 8, 2006
A second vote for Windows.
posted by GuyZero at 8:48 AM on March 8, 2006
Follow the links, people.
He's talking about Web 2.0 apps that run in your browser so you don't have to have either the app or the document local to your machine.
Presumably you want some kind of convergent webapp or webapp API that lets you seamlessly transfer stuff between these modalities.
I expect Google has something in the pipeline.
NB I like Writely a lot.
posted by unSane at 8:48 AM on March 8, 2006
He's talking about Web 2.0 apps that run in your browser so you don't have to have either the app or the document local to your machine.
Presumably you want some kind of convergent webapp or webapp API that lets you seamlessly transfer stuff between these modalities.
I expect Google has something in the pipeline.
NB I like Writely a lot.
posted by unSane at 8:48 AM on March 8, 2006
*shrug* I know someone who wants to build something like this.
Also, why the hell do you need to sign up to test 'writely', that's just stupid. If I could click a link and try their application, I would. They shouldn't make me sign up until I want to save the document. And even then, there should be a download link, rather then a save-to-server.
posted by delmoi at 8:50 AM on March 8, 2006
Also, why the hell do you need to sign up to test 'writely', that's just stupid. If I could click a link and try their application, I would. They shouldn't make me sign up until I want to save the document. And even then, there should be a download link, rather then a save-to-server.
posted by delmoi at 8:50 AM on March 8, 2006
if you're looking for assistance in treating web apps as local programs, take a look at netjaxer if you're on windows (via). Your music can be playing in a separate firefox/opera tab, that's basically unrelated to your problem, although you've defined it extraordinarily poorly. Since when do you need a web app for text editing, anyway?
The other answer: learn perl.
posted by wzcx at 8:51 AM on March 8, 2006
The other answer: learn perl.
posted by wzcx at 8:51 AM on March 8, 2006
Anyway, why don't you setup a vnc server on your home computer, which would allow you to access it from anywhere with the built in java applet and web server?
You could also setup a linode type thing and vnc server and X-windows on it. You could even then install open-source web2.0 apps on that as they come out, all while using the same underlying filesystem.
posted by delmoi at 8:56 AM on March 8, 2006
You could also setup a linode type thing and vnc server and X-windows on it. You could even then install open-source web2.0 apps on that as they come out, all while using the same underlying filesystem.
posted by delmoi at 8:56 AM on March 8, 2006
If you're less technically inclined you could use something like pc anywhere and then install an icecast server to play your own tunes.
posted by delmoi at 8:58 AM on March 8, 2006
posted by delmoi at 8:58 AM on March 8, 2006
mitocan, this isn't something you can do with any web-based service today, and it's not likely to be easy to make work between these services until/unless they're all purchased by one owner. (I think that's probably where we make a Yahoo joke.)
Pardon the garish self-link, but this is something I'd mused about a bit lately, and it's arisen independently as a concern at Microsoft as well. The basic infrastructure that may (and probably will) evolve into a solution for this problem is being formed today, as Live Clipboard. (That's from the blog of Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie, certified genius and good guy.)
posted by anildash at 9:09 PM on March 8, 2006
Pardon the garish self-link, but this is something I'd mused about a bit lately, and it's arisen independently as a concern at Microsoft as well. The basic infrastructure that may (and probably will) evolve into a solution for this problem is being formed today, as Live Clipboard. (That's from the blog of Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie, certified genius and good guy.)
posted by anildash at 9:09 PM on March 8, 2006
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(or, OSX, Linux, etc., etc.)
posted by chrisfromthelc at 8:43 AM on March 8, 2006