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On 2/23/11, Philipp Überbacher  wrote:
> Again I disagree, in my opinion web UIs have exactly one benefit and

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> many drawbacks. The benefit is that they can be accessed from anywhere

> with an internet connection and sufficiently capable browser (which is

> pretty much everywhere these days) without installing anything. The

> drawbacks are too many to list really but I'll try to show some with an

> example or two:

>

> Example number one is the CUPS web interface, accessible using the

> obvious address http://localhost:631. First of all it gives me the

> creeps every time I have to use it, because I have to use the browser to

> modify my system.

So problem number one is that you have old-fashioned view on system

configuration.
> Besides that the interface is slow and buggy, despite running on the

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> same machine. I wouldn't call it a good interface in general.

So problem number two is that because CUPS's UI is bad, you

extrapolate that on other web UIs. Very interesting.
> The other example is google docs/spreadsheet which I have to use

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> sometimes. There are the obvious privacy concerns, it should be clear

> that giving your possibly sensitive data to what's probably the worlds

> biggest Ad company isn't a good idea.

So problem number three is conspiracy theories.
> the way of the user interface. You want keyboard shortcuts to make your

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> life easier? Forget it, chances are the browser will chew them, all you

> get is the mouse.

So problem number four is that you have no idea whatsoever about

possibility to use hotkeys in a web app. Just FYI Gmail has lots of

shortcuts for both replying, forwarding and navigation between mails.

I use it all the time. Why you have no idea it is possible with AJAX

-- I really couldn't say. But you said something about

short-sightedness :-P
> Accessibility? Forget it, text browser don't do JS.
So the problem number five is being one of few hundred people around

the globe who still use text browsers in the world of Firefox, Chrome,

Opera, Safari and IE.
Ever heard of http://www.w3.org/WAI/ btw?
In other words, most of your points are made on the basis of you not

being up to day with modern technologies.
> Sorry, I could rant on forever.
Pray continue. I love reading stuff like that.
Alexandre Prokoudine

http://libregraphicsworld.org

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