Max Wanadoo
max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Fri Aug 14 10:41:39 CDT 2009
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_txF7iETX0 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_txF7iETX0 I'm ready, I'm ready. Where do I buy it? I want it now, but with a large screen. Max -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka Sent: 14 August 2009 16:21 To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Zoho Access Migration Plugin Actually John, a lot of your apps are either web enabled, web compliments, or web dependant. However, I think ya'll are arguing about whether or not the sun is going to implode in the next billion years when there is an asteroid heading towards us in the next few years. Not many people realize, or are even aware of one of the next big leaps in computer technology. It almost sounds like science fiction. Most of us have seen movies where 'future' computers are interacted with in many different ways. Today, your primary HIDs (Human Interface Devices) are keyboards and mice. That's going to change, and it's going to change within the next decade (IMO): http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/54592 My company happens to be involved (in a way) with this. The WORKING demos for this technology is just astounding. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_txF7iETX0 This is a video showing the gaming applications. But just imagine when this technology is not only out, but has had a few years to percolate. It will be infused with standard business apps. Are you ready for that? Drew -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:11 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Zoho Access Migration Plugin >I hate to have to be the one to break the bad news to Michael, but for an increasingly large percentage of users, the desktop application is already dead. Hmm... Pick any office app... Word, Excel, Power Point, Access etc etc. Not web. Office Star - Not web Email clients - not web Browsers themselves (though they paint the web) - not web Just going through my program list on my computer... Streets and Trips - not web (though web equivalents exist) Ultra Edit Acoustica Mixcraft (music mixer) Band-In-A-Box (Music) Falcon 4.0 (flight simulator) Morrowind (RPG) DB Power amp (plays / converts music) Easy Log (interfaces to temperature sensor) Empire Deluxe (simulation) Free Download Manager (robust download manager for the web) FS1 Flight simulator for RC planes Hamachi (VPN software) ITunes ALL OF THE MICROSOFT STUFF... MozBackup (Firefox / Thunderbird backup program) Thunderbird (email client) Hmm... OK this is getting boring... I have just gone about 1/2rd of the way down the list of all of the programs installed on my computer and absolutely NONE OF THEM, Not ONE, nada, zipo zilch... is a web based application (interface rendered by a browser). Several (though still a small minority) use the web in some way, but NONE (not a SINGLE ONE) actually uses an interface rendered by a browser. What I see is that I use a search engine (Google) as an application. I interface to banking and my credit cards over the web... I suppose those could be considered web based "applications". My son plays web based games... Other than that most everything that I use on my computer is typical exe / dll kind of stuff, including viewing movies and listening to movies. Movies are going download of course but the DISPLAY of the movies is still a program running on my machine, not browser based. >I hate to have to be the one to break the bad news to Michael, but for an increasingly large percentage of users, the desktop application is already dead. Am I REALLY in the minority? Sob... OK, let's take a poll... anyone who cares to respond do an inventory of the software on your machine and tell us 1) Number of browser rendered apps 2) Number of browser rendered "apps" you use hosted on the web. I would include search engine and all the social sites here (facebook etc). IMs themselves tend to be local programs that USE the web, though not always. 2) Number of non-browser rendered apps. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com The information contained in this transmission is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain II-VI Proprietary and/or II-VI Business Sensitive material. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. You are notified that any review, retransmission, copying, disclosure, dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com