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I do hope they are able to pull this off well. 20 years ago, I could have never imagined decent word processing software in the browser (I remember trying a por

by tibbon 10y ago

I do hope they are able to pull this off well. 20 years ago, I could have never imagined decent word processing software in the browser (I remember trying a portable Java version of Word Perfect that was a trainwreck), but now Google Docs is really quite good and I personally have no reason for anything else. Do I really need to have my code editor locally? I can't imagine why.

mempko 10y ago
I'm guessing this is what mainframe users felt like. Why would anyone want a PC? When you have lovely smart dumb terminals.... we have come full circle.
- woofyman 10y ago
  As a former mainframe user, we gladly and excitedly ditched our dumb terminals for personal computers. The user experience was so much better.
Philipp__ 10y ago
Because I need speed and no dependencie on Chrome whatsoever. I doubt something like Emacs would be possible to have "on cloud". And Vi is everywhere already.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  Anything that can be used from a remote server can work from the cloud, and Emacs was running from remote servers long before "cloud" was a thing.
- johnbellone 10y ago
  It is very much possible to have something like Emacs on the cloud using Clojurescript. There are a lot of nuances with Emacs-lisp that would need to be handled, but I am sure its not insurmountable.
bmj 10y ago
Do I really need to have my code editor locally? I can't imagine why. Because sometimes I'm in a place where I do not have internet access, yet would still need to do productive work? ETA: I don't think it's a bad idea to have the ability to run an editor in the browser...I'm merely suggesting that there are actually real world use cases for having your text editor installed locally on your machine, along with a repository of your work.
- petemill 10y ago
  Google docs works offline, and so do / can cloud-based IDEs. Another option is that your browser can still load local web apps, and you could run your IDE service locally.

by tibbon 10y ago

mempko 10y ago

I'm guessing this is what mainframe users felt like. Why would anyone want a PC? When you have lovely smart dumb terminals.... we have come full circle.

woofyman 10y ago
As a former mainframe user, we gladly and excitedly ditched our dumb terminals for personal computers. The user experience was so much better.

Philipp__ 10y ago

Because I need speed and no dependencie on Chrome whatsoever. I doubt something like Emacs would be possible to have "on cloud". And Vi is everywhere already.

dragonwriter 10y ago
Anything that can be used from a remote server can work from the cloud, and Emacs was running from remote servers long before "cloud" was a thing.
johnbellone 10y ago
It is very much possible to have something like Emacs on the cloud using Clojurescript. There are a lot of nuances with Emacs-lisp that would need to be handled, but I am sure its not insurmountable.

bmj 10y ago

Do I really need to have my code editor locally? I can't imagine why. Because sometimes I'm in a place where I do not have internet access, yet would still need to do productive work? ETA: I don't think it's a bad idea to have the ability to run an editor in the browser...I'm merely suggesting that there are actually real world use cases for having your text editor installed locally on your machine, along with a repository of your work.

petemill 10y ago
Google docs works offline, and so do / can cloud-based IDEs. Another option is that your browser can still load local web apps, and you could run your IDE service locally.