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Do we really need offline web applications?
April 04, 2007
This post over at the 37 Signals blog raises an interesting question: Has there been too much hype lately surrounding the idea of "offline" web applications? The basic point of the post is that in an increasingly connected world, why do we need to solve the problem of the occasionally connected client? The writer (David) expresses the opinion that besides a few rare places where there are "pockets of dark holes", the only place we REALLY don't have access is on a plane. Ironically, I also caught this post the next day on Slashdot declaring that US Airlines is planning to offer Wi-Fi service on their flights by next year -- lol.
At any rate, it's a good question, and based on the 190+ comments generated by the post, a controversial one. So do you think this is really a problem that needs to be solved? Adobe does. And kudos to them for facing the issue head-on with Apollo.
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