I miss the convenience, focus, and robustness of desktop apps. Sometimes I just want the clarity of a dedicated app–or the isolation; all too often when I’m in a browser, a rogue JavaScript-heavy site will crash not just its own window but the 20 different tabs I have open at that moment.
Webware on Desktop Apps
18 August 2008
3 July 2008
The Internet today, is a lot like mail delivery in the 1800’s. Surprisingly, web services don’t have “flags”. Rather, applications are forced to “ping” Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, etc. every few minutes and ask “have any of our users done anything new?” These applications are literally checking to see if each virtual mailbox is empty/full every couple of minutes.
Redeye VC on Internet Applications