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Desktop based web apps are the latest thing doing buzz on the Internet. The two main supporters of offline web apps are Adobe AIR and Mozilla Prism. I decided to try them out. AIR requires you to download a 11 Mb software as a primary install and then you have to install different software for different apps. Prism lets you create an web app for any web page by downloading a small extension called Prism. Then to make a web app simply go to that web page and then select Tools>Make a web app. Prism is more or less like creating a shortcut pointing to a url on Internet. AIR apps are beautiful. There are few apps that are really worth checking out. I really like the Google Reader app. It has a Mac OSX like look and works nice. Twhirl is another nice app. It is an app for Twitter and is the best demonstration of what an Web app should be.
For Prism to be taken seriously it has to incorporate few more things within , namely:
Data Storage: Using Google Gears or any such technology all the data ranging from the web page, images, java scripts and all other things should be saved rather than accessing them via Internet when the user turns on the app. For example take Google Calendar, now when I fire up my shortcut, I get a blank screen and then slowly Prism loads up the Google Calendar web page. I believe this is the wrong approach. Rather Google Calendar web page and previous history should be saved and even if there is no Internet connection available on using the Google Calendar app I should get to view the web page rather than getting : Error page could not load.
Also as in AIR there should be no ads. Currently the view one gets in Prism and in Firefox is same: same web page same ads and stuff. Rather than this specialized web apps could be made by developers who make Firefox extensions so that web apps look different from the actual web page. I hate to admit it but right now Adobe seems to be the sole winner in this race. Please Prism developers pull up an ace from your sleeve and put some of the things I have suggested or else Prism would be known as nothing more than a glorious way to make desktop bookmarks.
Download Prism here
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Hi iampriteshdesai,
I just finished linking to your blog. When you have the chance, can you link back to me? Thanks and nice meeting you.
See you on digg.
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Hi iampriteshdesai,
Blogrolling is the same as linking to my blog, but it's just a fancy name.
Basically you go into your blogspot dashboard, and select layout. From the right hand side, select "ADD A PAGE ELEMENT". It will give you a choice to add a "BLOG LIST". Some people call a blog list a blogroll. Once it's add, click "add to list" and then add my blog's url which is:
http://bigmoneylist.blogspot.com/
Any problems, feel free to comment. Thanks.
Another platform you should consider for Desktop RIA is Curl (http://www.curl.com). Curl is a lot like AIR but its been around for 10 years. It's big in Japan and I believe there are many more deployments of Curl than Mozilla Prism.
Anyway, they are all pretty cool platforms but I think Curl is one of the strongest. You can check it out at our web site (http://www.curl.com).
Richard Monson-Haefel
VP of Developer Relations
Curl, Inc.
Hi Pritesh, Thanks for all your help. I already linked to you and hope a lot of people come to visit your site. See you around on digg.
I am michaelwong38 on digg. Shout me if you need anything dugg.
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