Google co-founder Sergey Brin has quashed speculation that the giant ad broker is to introduce a web-based Office suite. "We don't have any plans," he told Web 2.0 conference organizer John Battelle. However Brin left the door open a little. Documents would be easier to work with in the future, he promised, but he didn't think a fat client was the way to go.
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Member since:To use Java? What did you smoke? Java is out, it's way too heavy and bloated, it uses much CPU and takes forever to download. AJAX solves all these issues. It's difficult to code, be the end user doesn't have to care about it - It's our job.
This is so hilarious. AJAX is just browser based javascript. It's an order of magnitude slower, bloated and heavier then even java. It's like programming in ActionScript.
As for those AJAX apps we all love. Thats because all the hard work is done by the browser. HTML is very good at displaying email (especially plain text email). It's not bad for layout when you have a rigid inflexible template for everything.
Unfortunately HTML is not a very good format for office apps. It's not flexible enough for word processing. While you can build a spreadsheet using HTML tables, it runs like a turtle and its horrible to use. You certainly couldn't make a mid-sized spreadsheet anything like a small business might use.
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An Ajax based office suite, unless itīs very simple, would be a nightmare to code. It would be much better to use Java (and I donīt like Java very much).
To use Java? What did you smoke? Java is out, it's way too heavy and bloated, it uses much CPU and takes forever to download. AJAX solves all these issues. It's difficult to code, be the end user doesn't have to care about it - It's our job.