Comments on: The browser *is* a plugin http://aralbalkan.com/449 Changing the world through technology and oratory. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:51:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Scott Barnes http://aralbalkan.com/449/comment-page-1#comment-490 Scott Barnes Sun, 02 Oct 2005 06:43:08 +0000 #comment-490 Agreed, a Browser is certainly a plugin (well look at the ActiveX controls that actually drive IE to get clarity on that).<br /> <br /> Yet, we could also fall into the trap of arguing that office is a plugin to the operating system, or File Explorer etc and then we are left with this murky definition of what is a plugin vs what is a operating system.<br /> <br /> I'm not one with the answers thats for sure, i just see the entire AJAX movement as this foolish attempt to rebadge old technology as new and hope it holds water with scale? <br /> <br /> The only reason Flash is successful was the fact it ran in the browser, so the "browser" still has a need and will be inplace, its how it implements aggregation of content - thats - where we look at change. We need to also clarify that "browser" is more then Firefox and IE, it can now today take on a whole new dimension, it just needs more corporate marketing behind whatever it is we want in its place (ie Konfabulator is one such concept used on OSX right? is that not a browser?) Agreed, a Browser is certainly a plugin (well look at the ActiveX controls that actually drive IE to get clarity on that).

Yet, we could also fall into the trap of arguing that office is a plugin to the operating system, or File Explorer etc and then we are left with this murky definition of what is a plugin vs what is a operating system.

I’m not one with the answers thats for sure, i just see the entire AJAX movement as this foolish attempt to rebadge old technology as new and hope it holds water with scale?

The only reason Flash is successful was the fact it ran in the browser, so the “browser” still has a need and will be inplace, its how it implements aggregation of content - thats - where we look at change. We need to also clarify that “browser” is more then Firefox and IE, it can now today take on a whole new dimension, it just needs more corporate marketing behind whatever it is we want in its place (ie Konfabulator is one such concept used on OSX right? is that not a browser?)

]]> By: flashape http://aralbalkan.com/449/comment-page-1#comment-489 flashape Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:01:47 +0000 #comment-489 i agree, i absolutely think that is the way everything is going. All you need to do is look at 'widgets' (dashboard/konfabulator) to know that.<br /> <br /> i agree, i absolutely think that is the way everything is going. All you need to do is look at ‘widgets’ (dashboard/konfabulator) to know that.

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