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People Don't Hate to Make Desktop Apps, Do They?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the all-not-yet-lost dept.

Annie Peterson writes "Paul Graham has been making the argument that desktop development is dead — That's his premise for declaring Microsoft dead as well, and he claims that no one out there likes to develop for the desktop anymore. But that's not true, or is it? Desktop development is easier, faster, more productive, and infinitely more enjoyable — right? The question is, since web apps were originally built on desktop applications themselves, have the tables flipped? Or is it just wishful thinking?"

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  1. Passe... by MarkRose · · Score: 4, Funny

    Desktop programming is so nineties. I'm a laptop programmer!

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    1. Re:Passe... by MarkRose · · Score: 4, Funny

      Haven't upgraded to notebooks yet?

      I did in '03, but then I lost my pencil.

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  2. Web? Desktop? by jackb_guppy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Real Men code GREEN SCREEN!

    It runs faster! It is more secure!

  3. Re:Firefox 3.0 by 8-bitDesigner · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh man, I can use GMail without a network connection now?

    SWEET!

  4. Re:Firefox 3.0 by RuBLed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Haven't heard of GMail Paper yet?

  5. Re:Firefox 3.0 by kalirion · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I bet you'll be able to play online games and download movies offline too!

  6. Re:Firefox 3.0 by rjshields · · Score: 3, Funny

    Man, I can't wait for someone to write an AJAX version of Photoshop that I can use offline. It could be just like the real thing but fifty times slower!

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