Comments on: Gmail: Even better than you thought http://www.toobusyto.org.uk/tooBusy/2006/10/02/gmail-even-better-than-you-thought/ Coffee, travel and tech. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:39:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nathan http://www.toobusyto.org.uk/tooBusy/2006/10/02/gmail-even-better-than-you-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-3175 Nathan Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:51:47 +0000 http://www.toobusyto.org.uk/tooBusy/archives/2006/10/02/gmail-even-better-than-you-thought/#comment-3175 Hi Mark. Thanks for the link: that looks very cool! I also agree that we're likely to see some "evolution" in the desktop application space in the near future---some apps will be "redefined" as you say, others will not survive... :) Cheers, Nathan Hi Mark. Thanks for the link: that looks very cool! I also agree that we’re likely to see some “evolution” in the desktop application space in the near future—some apps will be “redefined” as you say, others will not survive… :)

Cheers,
Nathan

]]> By: Mark Birbeck http://www.toobusyto.org.uk/tooBusy/2006/10/02/gmail-even-better-than-you-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-3159 Mark Birbeck Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:31:44 +0000 http://www.toobusyto.org.uk/tooBusy/archives/2006/10/02/gmail-even-better-than-you-thought/#comment-3159 Hi, Good tip...but on "the desktop application may really be an endangered species" I have to respectfully disagree! :) I think you're sort of right, but the reality might be more that desktop applications are being *redefined*. For example, the following link shows how to wrap GCal up in an 'application' so that it can be docked to the side of the screen, slide off and reappear, be shown transparent or with opacity, and so on: <a href="http://skimstone.x-port.net/node/376" rel="nofollow">http://skimstone.x-port.net/node/376</a> The same can be done with GMail, KoolIM, and so on. You could say it's a new kind of desktop application--built with web technologies. All the best, Mark Birbeck Hi,

Good tip…but on “the desktop application may really be an endangered species” I have to respectfully disagree! :) I think you’re sort of right, but the reality might be more that desktop applications are being *redefined*. For example, the following link shows how to wrap GCal up in an ‘application’ so that it can be docked to the side of the screen, slide off and reappear, be shown transparent or with opacity, and so on:

http://skimstone.x-port.net/node/376

The same can be done with GMail, KoolIM, and so on. You could say it’s a new kind of desktop application–built with web technologies.

All the best,

Mark Birbeck

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