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by dcurtis 6491 days ago
With Safari (especially with the offline features in Snow Leopard) and now Google Chrome, we have the browser technology to make rich, desktop-like webapps built with Cappuccino and Sproutcore shine.

I think this marks an evolution of web interfaces. I'm exited to see what people build using Cappuccino.
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andreyf 6491 days ago
I think this marks an evolution of web interfaces. I'm exited to see what people build using Cappuccino.

I don't think mimicking desktop UI's counts as "evolution".

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dcurtis 6491 days ago
Actually, I think it does. Desktop UIs have evolved and are designed for interaction, and web UIs have evolved for display of information (that is, until very recently). There are no universally common standards for interactive controls in web UI elements as there are for desktop apps.

Obviously, webapps should not copy desktop UIs entirely. But any evolution of web app UI toward better interaction is certainly good for everyone. And because desktop apps have had a lot of time to evolve efficient interaction controls, mimicking them shouldn't be a bad thing.

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