Hmm. I've played with this a few times and the problem I kept having was that since I'm a FF user, I kept accidentally closing the tab Meebo was open in. Also, due to FF excessive memory leakage, I have a habit of closing and reopening every hour or so...signing in all over again is a hassle.
All in all, it's a good idea, but with some things (IM clients), my habits are so hardwired, that a desktop client (miranda, trillian, gaim) suits my needs much better.
Your general point re:Ajax is true...though I think there are an increasing number of "wow Ajax" apps that aren't very unique or useful in any way (i.e. the dozens of Ajax start pages). Moreover, there are privacy issues (especially with this sort of application, or email clients) which aren't always clarified by the vendors, as well as dependancy issues (i.e. network stability, offline work etc). I do think Ajax applications will continue to show innovation and change the way people interact online, but there is a lot of garbage that will have to be sorted through.
Tim
· 3 years ago
naiserie:
Excellent points! Like you, I plan to stick with my desktop IM client for now as well, but I think this clearly shows how much functionality the latest browsers have built-in.
And yeah, there's likely to be a lot of chaff to go along with the wheat here, but then, there's never been a revolution that wasn't messy, has there?
50mg tramadol
· 3 years ago
And yeah, there's likely to be a lot of chaff to go along with the wheat here, but then, there's never been a revolution that wasn't messy, has there?
backgammon
· 3 years ago
Excellent points! Like you, I plan to stick with my desktop IM client for now as well, but I think this clearly shows how much functionality the latest browsers have built-in.
All Comments
All in all, it's a good idea, but with some things (IM clients), my habits are so hardwired, that a desktop client (miranda, trillian, gaim) suits my needs much better.
Your general point re:Ajax is true...though I think there are an increasing number of "wow Ajax" apps that aren't very unique or useful in any way (i.e. the dozens of Ajax start pages). Moreover, there are privacy issues (especially with this sort of application, or email clients) which aren't always clarified by the vendors, as well as dependancy issues (i.e. network stability, offline work etc). I do think Ajax applications will continue to show innovation and change the way people interact online, but there is a lot of garbage that will have to be sorted through.
Excellent points! Like you, I plan to stick with my desktop IM client for now as well, but I think this clearly shows how much functionality the latest browsers have built-in.
And yeah, there's likely to be a lot of chaff to go along with the wheat here, but then, there's never been a revolution that wasn't messy, has there?