Forbes Reviews AJAX Apps for Small Businesses 62
prostoalex writes "Forbes magazine evaluates the variety of AJAX-powered Internet-based applications and their suitability for small businesses. The office suite replacements Forbes magazine chose are Google-centric: Google Calendar, Spreadsheets, Notebook and Gmail are the winners of their respective categories. Pageflakes and YouOS are tied for the leader's spot in 'Webtops' category."
Thanks, Forbes (Score:5, Insightful)
I also enjoy how many of the "recommended" apps are only available for use on outside servers, so no company-confidential data should ever be placed on them.
Re:Thanks, Forbes (Score:4, Informative)
Why don't I write an article comparing my day planner with my filing cabinet, while we're at it?
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Re:Thanks, Forbes (Score:5, Insightful)
As an IT guy myself, I stuggle to explain this sort of stuff to small business owners. But them again, these are the same people who balk at the cost of DAT or DLT drive yet wouldn't even consider canceling their business owner's insurance policy. Go figure.
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Why IT Doesn't Matter Anymore (Score:1)
Maybe businessmen are correct - perhaps IT is no longer important. Will that remain so? My suspicion is "yes".
If not, then when will IT recover?
Re:Salesforce (Score:1)
Think about it, how manay security specialists do I have on staff securing my data? (less than 0 so I'm sure SF has more).
How many staff do I have making sure our network is up and accessible (1 but I'm sure SF has more).
As for what happens if they shut their doors, well thats an educated risk I'm prepared to take.
Cheers,
Dean
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xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=callback_js_function;
xmlHttp.open("GET",uri,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
Those are the four lines you need to know to do AJAX. It's nothing more that JavaScript. If you already know HTML, JavaScript and CSS, you can show off your AJAX leet skills.
If you think JavaScript is going to replace C/C++/
The best part... (Score:1)
AJAX 2.0 reasons... (Score:2)
2. Security, as in none of, nuff said.
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But yeah, security is a bit of a problem.
Zimbra or Roundcube? (Score:1, Informative)
Security wise... forget about it... (Score:4, Interesting)
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Warrant? No, must likely a subpoena would do.
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I wonder why (Score:2, Informative)
What I don't understand (Score:5, Interesting)
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"What planet are you on?"
Earth, you?
With regards to the rare mention of OOo compared to these Ajax alternatives, maybe I am wrong, I was just posting on what I had read. I am very happy to be corrected on this though, but maybe not by an irate Anonymous Coward. ;)
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Pageflakes? NetVibes? (Score:2)
pageflakes (Score:2)
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worse than every other portal site ever made (Score:3, Insightful)
Pageflakes sucks because of the oh-so-clever ajax naviagation.
No better than building the whole thing in flash or a java applet.
What about Presentations? (Score:5, Interesting)
The MS Office app that is in dire need of replacement, and the app that seems most obvious to run on the web is PowerPoint. Why not build your presentation on the web and instantly share it will all of your participants, rather than having to jump through PowerPoint's terrible web publishing procedures?
So why doesn't the article mention presentation tools, and why have none of the big players (Google, Yahoo!) put out a web2.0 presentation application yet?
I know there are a many options out there -- Zoho Show, Thumbstack, S5, Empressr, Wimpypoint, PmWiki SlideShow, TiddlyWiki SlideShow, Slidy, OperaShow, TeamSlide, Carbonmade.
I don't have the time to compare them and sort them all out. Where is the big article reviewing and comparing these badly-needed tools? And why aren't the big web guys giving this essential application any attention?
ALERT! ALERT! (Score:1, Funny)
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Google (Score:2, Interesting)
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Oh no (Score:2)
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Phht Forbes - He's not like his daddy. (Score:2)
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That articles is a couple of weeks old (Score:1, Informative)
http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArti cle.jhtml?articleID=192203311&pgno=1 [informationweek.com]
and here is O'Reilly's columnist response:
http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2006/08/who_is_ the_leader_in_ajax_appl.html?CMP=OTC-TY3388567169& ATT=Google+is+not+the+leader+in+Ajax+applications [oreillynet.com]
Serious question... (Score:2, Insightful)
Hwever, every place I've ever worked in has used some feature of MS Office, or the MS Windows OS, which isn't likely to see it's way into Web 2.0 for a long time. eg. large documents, with multiple views (outline, page layout, etc...), databases with pivot tables, a COM based plugin, a Windows only accounting package. However, I work in
No mention of WebPasties either? (Score:1)
Don't marry a Forbes reader. (Score:2)
A friend of mine from college called me around 2002 and asked me what Linux was because Forbes' tech section writers were supposed to mention Linux in their articles if at all possible.
Now AJAX is hot, and they need to tell their idiotic PHB readers about the "hot" new thing without rocking the boat t
HIJACK! (Score:2)
Enough with the portals! (Score:2)
Another good Ajax Webmail (Score:2, Interesting)
Lesson learned from Ajax: (Score:2)
All the solutions so far are ineffective solutions to the same problem:
-terminal services
-remote login
-the X-window system
-www/html/http
I wonder when the big companies will realize this; it is a gold mine, and whoever gets there first will have the others cornered.
what does Ajax do .. (Score:2)
What does Ajax do that a Java application couldn't do better?