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I'm pointing out their weaknesses because it seems that most people are too focused on their strengths while ignoring their weaknesses. It's because people
by rimantas 16y ago
I'm pointing out their weaknesses because it
seems that most people are too focused on their
strengths while ignoring their weaknesses.
It's because people deal with strengths every time they use
web app, while weaknesses are encountered rarely and sometime
can be prepared for (getting maps cached, etc.)
Local mail app can get DB corrupted too.
- pyre 16y ago> It's because people deal with strengths every time they use web app, while weaknesses are encountered rarely and sometime can be prepared for (getting maps cached, etc.) That's not necessarily an excuse. People don't deal with total system failure on a daily basis, but that's not an excuse to poo-poo'ing the idea of having a backup plan that is tried and tested. Also, I'm not saying that people shouldn't use WebApps, but the idea that the industry is going to completely get rid of locally run applications in favor of doing 100% of your work and data storage 'in the cloud' is short-sighted if we are ignoring the weaknesses of such an approach, no?
- loup-vaillant 16y agoYou're right, but such an attitude can lead to a global risk: when Google (Gmail, Blogger, Youtube) is down, everyone shuts up. When they burn, everyone lose their memory. And I didn't mentioned the temptations associated with massive centralization yet…