[Sigia-l] Persistence

[Ziya Oz]

I know some people had already declared HTML/HTTP/browser dead a few years
ago and began to anoint various pet alternatives as the successor to the
ubiquitous online platform.

Then Ajax happened to eliminate (most of) the UI concerns.

So the naysayers focused on the persistence issue. Browser based apps can't
(easily) store data and state for off-line interaction.

I know various toolkits and frameworks tried to alleviate that problem
through a multitude of approaches.

It appears that the last big argument against browser-based application
development/distribution is about to fall. Firefox 3 will offer support for
off-line applications:

<http://www.drury.net.nz/2007/02/03/firefox3-web-apps-game-changer/>

Obviously, it's a start. There are also upcoming (competitive) offerings
from Microsoft and Adobe for this problem space but what Mozilla will do is
to standardize the issue in a non-proprietary way: imagine the
possibilities!

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Ziya

Heterogeneity happens.