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Early AJAX Office Applications
prostoalex writes "Perhaps many, who viewed Zimbra presentation from yesterday, thought about other office-related applications they would like to see moved to the Web. Richard McManus on ZDNet provides a list of the currently available AJAX apps. Did you know there was AJAX word processor, AJAX spreadsheet, AJAX calendar, AJAX presentation-building software, AJAX e-mail client, AJAX note-taking software and some other interesting applications, which, deployed on your local server, do not need installation and "just work" in a browser window?"
...does it keep my kitchen clean?
I'm still waiting for an AJAX-based browser. Just think about it! The ability to use a browser without having to install it! You just browse on over to the site!
Stop with the acronyms for goodness sakes.
AJAX is a floor cleaning product.
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The sooner OSS and other people writing software out there realise this the better.
I don't see what old soft shoes have to do with software.
Ooooh and we could call it Internet Explorer!
That's right. Quit wasting time naming things, and get to work, you layabouts! We don't need no stinking names for things. If I want to use that spreadsheet I'll just say, give me that, uhh, counting thing.
AJAX is a floor cleaning product.
Yes. And a Greek play, a Greek hero, an anti-aircraft missile and a soccer club from Amsterdam.
All the good words were used up long ago. Maybe it's time to stop using vowels and open up the possibility of words like krggggnx!
Maybe it's time to stop using vowels and open up the possibility of words like krggggnx!
/.'s lamenessfilter seems to panic at the sight of Brainf*ck. How lame.)
Your native tongue is Arabic, right?
(Yeah I know it has vowels [and semi-vowels] like any other language, however, not in the written form.)
As an alternative suggestion, what's wrong with a descriptive Brainf*ck representation of (a given) app's nature and intended purpose? Zero clashes with existing namespace, quaranteed.
(I'd love to give illustrative examples, but
Actually, I do.
When Java applets were the next hot thing, I could not use any of them because they all assumed that I had a 8 point font. With my 16 point font, entering data to text fields was a pain in the ass. Now, I go to see the Ajax applications. Lo and behold! All of them assume that I use a tiny 8 point font.
I'll just move along. There seems to be nothing worth looking at here...
Antti S. Brax - Old school - http://www.iki.fi/asb/
All the good words were used up long ago. Maybe it's time to stop using vowels and open up the possibility of words like krggggnx!
'Ajax' floor cleaner is sold under the name 'Krggggnx' in Klingon markets.
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Shut UP SHUT UP you're giving stupid people stupid ideas!
Sure ASP.NET may not be the right tool for every job, but then again what is?
Duct tape!
Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
If applications exist on the owner's server, and aren't installed and run locally, then how am I going to be able to pirate them?
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Dude, you forgot the URL:
Duct tape!
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"Did you know there was AJAX word processor, AJAX spreadsheet, AJAX calendar, AJAX presentation-building software, AJAX e-mail client, AJAX note-taking software and some other interesting applications, which, deployed on your local server, do not need installation and "just work" in a browser window?"
Let's see: word processor--didn't feel like signing up for an account. Spreadsheet--works in Firefox 1.0/Mac, but not Safari 1.3. Overall, has a long way to go--can't use arrow keys to move the active box in the grid, for example. And I doubt it's possible to recreate a zillion other useful features from a binary spreadsheet app, like dragging a cell's corner to fill lower rows. Calendar--wouldn't load at all in FF or Safari. Presentation--it's not AJAX. Email client--ha! instead of linking to Gmail, one of two programs that POPULARIZED AJAX (the other being google maps), the link leads to a nonexistant product from Yahoo. The note thing works but is pretty simple--feels like a bright student's DHTML project.
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