Office 2.0: Moving from Desktop Applications to Web Browser
My friend Ismael is all about how to simplify IT business and increase productivity. His view of the next generation business application suite is called Office 2.0. In a nutshell, Office 2.0 is a collection of interactive business applications that run on web browsers. He sees Ajax as the enabling technique that will revolutionize business applications. His favorite Office 2.0 application is Gmail.
In this blog, he describes few rules that a good Office 2.0 application should obey:
- No client application other than a web browser
- No files on personal computer
- Compatibility with the most popular web browsers
- No browser extension or plugin
- Collaboration features are good
- Syndication is the way to go
- AJAX is better
- Competition brings alternatives
- Data import/export is mandatory
Echoing what TimBL advocates, the following is another rule for Office 2.0:
- All resources in an application must be identifiable by URI
