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« Last post by superboyac on September 29, 2010, 02:38 PM »I strongly agree with mouser and zaine's top two posts. My knee-jerk reaction is to rant about the whole thing. However, more and more, I'm realizing that we are just in the extreme minority.
Mobile computing is the future, or actually, the present. Desktop applications and the people who actually prefer them are fast becoming the minority. we're seeing more and more people turn to their phones to do their computing needs. And that makes sense. Most people don't do too much other than browse the web, write some emails, text, and play a few simple games. I frequently hear about people who first get an iphone and then they say things like, "I don't even use my computer anymore." Their needs are met by the simple phone, and in a way they prefer over the "complicated" desktop pc's.
That's a little depressing to me because I'm totally desktop guy. But there's nothing we can do. It's just going to get worse, and we are going to continue to be in the minority. One thing I take heart in is that with the focus moving towards "apps" and mobile computing, the desktop market is being largely ignored by both the big players and small time developers. So for any budding entrepreneurs out there, there are going to be lots of opportunities to address all the issues that are being ignored. So while I largely agree with rxantos on all of his points, I do still believe that this movement will lead to more opportunities for those interested. Somebody is going to innovate something in a good way for us, and we will probably be very thankful for it. I know I will be.
Mobile computing is the future, or actually, the present. Desktop applications and the people who actually prefer them are fast becoming the minority. we're seeing more and more people turn to their phones to do their computing needs. And that makes sense. Most people don't do too much other than browse the web, write some emails, text, and play a few simple games. I frequently hear about people who first get an iphone and then they say things like, "I don't even use my computer anymore." Their needs are met by the simple phone, and in a way they prefer over the "complicated" desktop pc's.
That's a little depressing to me because I'm totally desktop guy. But there's nothing we can do. It's just going to get worse, and we are going to continue to be in the minority. One thing I take heart in is that with the focus moving towards "apps" and mobile computing, the desktop market is being largely ignored by both the big players and small time developers. So for any budding entrepreneurs out there, there are going to be lots of opportunities to address all the issues that are being ignored. So while I largely agree with rxantos on all of his points, I do still believe that this movement will lead to more opportunities for those interested. Somebody is going to innovate something in a good way for us, and we will probably be very thankful for it. I know I will be.
Sometimes, I feel like I'm being impatient before anything even happens, because I'm just predicting what's coming in my head. That's no good!
. But one of them was System Watcher, and a couple of other web-related ones. I think it has already helped.