Comments on: Desktop Applications vs Web Browser? http://www.hiitch.com/blog/2007/02/27/desktop-applications-vs-web-browser/ Social Networking, Technology and All that Jazz... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:27:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Paul http://www.hiitch.com/blog/2007/02/27/desktop-applications-vs-web-browser/#comment-4 Paul Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:05:40 +0000 http://www.hiitch.com/blog/2007/02/27/desktop-applications-vs-web-browser/#comment-4 You say that in your domain the advantages of the desktop application are: "are direct information delivery, GUI familiarity, security in terms of data storage and privacy of information." I don't really know what any of those mean in this context. First, could you please define them? Second, and this is the crucial bit: do they address real problems expressed by your target customers? You say that in your domain the advantages of the desktop application are: “are direct information delivery, GUI familiarity, security in terms of data storage and privacy of information.”

I don’t really know what any of those mean in this context. First, could you please define them? Second, and this is the crucial bit: do they address real problems expressed by your target customers?

]]> By: geek http://www.hiitch.com/blog/2007/02/27/desktop-applications-vs-web-browser/#comment-6 geek Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:19:17 +0000 http://www.hiitch.com/blog/2007/02/27/desktop-applications-vs-web-browser/#comment-6 Here is a short summary of what I mean: direct information delivery = Users indicate what type of information that they are interested in and those information will be delivered directly to their desktop as a notification with options to response immediately. No user monitoring required. GUI familiarity = IM type interface (eg. MSN, Yahoo, Skype) that is always connected, with features like contact lists and etc. security in terms of data storage and privacy of information = You can read about our security implementations in this blog article, http://www.hiitch.com/blog/2007/02/14/how-secure-is-hiitch. It will be harder (even difficult) to implement these security features using a web based approach. 'Do they address real problems expressed by your target customers?' We have based our solution on studying the existing solutions and public feedbacks from those social networking implementations. Your question is kind of relative to the individual users. Yes, some users find that our solution meet their needs. And no, some do not. In my opinion, the software industry is not always driven by existing problems, sometimes new software solutions create new needs that was not initially there and solve problems that was never exposed. Our product is constantly evolving and changing so that it keeps improving and meeting existing needs and solve known/hidden problems. We hope to be flexible and dynamic so that our customers can easily work with us to make Hiitch a relevant solution to their social networking needs. Here is a short summary of what I mean:
direct information delivery = Users indicate what type of information that they are interested in and those information will be delivered directly to their desktop as a notification with options to response immediately. No user monitoring required.
GUI familiarity = IM type interface (eg. MSN, Yahoo, Skype) that is always connected, with features like contact lists and etc.
security in terms of data storage and privacy of information = You can read about our security implementations in this blog article, http://www.hiitch.com/blog/2007/02/14/how-secure-is-hiitch. It will be harder (even difficult) to implement these security features using a web based approach.

‘Do they address real problems expressed by your target customers?’
We have based our solution on studying the existing solutions and public feedbacks from those social networking implementations. Your question is kind of relative to the individual users. Yes, some users find that our solution meet their needs. And no, some do not. In my opinion, the software industry is not always driven by existing problems, sometimes new software solutions create new needs that was not initially there and solve problems that was never exposed. Our product is constantly evolving and changing so that it keeps improving and meeting existing needs and solve known/hidden problems. We hope to be flexible and dynamic so that our customers can easily work with us to make Hiitch a relevant solution to their social networking needs.

]]> By: Paul http://www.hiitch.com/blog/2007/02/27/desktop-applications-vs-web-browser/#comment-9 Paul Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:10:02 +0000 http://www.hiitch.com/blog/2007/02/27/desktop-applications-vs-web-browser/#comment-9 Direct information delivery => RSS. IM-Type Interface => Meebo Security => More than 100 billion dollars in online transactions every week You say: "We think that social networking and online dating by its nature contains many private information that should not be made easily available on public Internet terminals." But it is the user's choice whether to use a public terminal. You aren't helping them (or yourself) by taking away that choice. I can see how RSS is not currently great for real-time notifications, so maybe Hiitch could benefit from a a desktop client to fill that gap. But you never got into any details in the article so I found it pretty unpersuasive. Considering the 90% of the population using Windows I think it is a stretch to claim that the desktop is more secure than the Internet...especially since the data MUST be transmitted to the Internet in order for other people to see it in any case. Direct information delivery => RSS.

IM-Type Interface => Meebo

Security => More than 100 billion dollars in online transactions every week

You say: “We think that social networking and online dating by its nature contains many private information that should not be made easily available on public Internet terminals.” But it is the user’s choice whether to use a public terminal. You aren’t helping them (or yourself) by taking away that choice.

I can see how RSS is not currently great for real-time notifications, so maybe Hiitch could benefit from a a desktop client to fill that gap. But you never got into any details in the article so I found it pretty unpersuasive. Considering the 90% of the population using Windows I think it is a stretch to claim that the desktop is more secure than the Internet…especially since the data MUST be transmitted to the Internet in order for other people to see it in any case.

]]> By: geek http://www.hiitch.com/blog/2007/02/27/desktop-applications-vs-web-browser/#comment-12 geek Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:14:57 +0000 http://www.hiitch.com/blog/2007/02/27/desktop-applications-vs-web-browser/#comment-12 Thanks for your comments. I am sure there is room for more solutions in this area, be it Hiitch or not. Thanks for your comments. I am sure there is room for more solutions in this area, be it Hiitch or not.

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