John writes: > Kevin asks: > > So the question I am left with is: why do you think > > that Simile clients should not be limited to web browsers? > > Well, for one thing, the Haystack client is not technically a > "web browser" Decentralized P2P-ish clients for instant messaging, file sharing, [meta]data sharing, etc. are not well supported by the traditional web browser. I can't speak for Haystack, but in my own work the vision of future information networks is more decentralized than today's web. Browsers may evolve to support this shift, but then again a decade from now it may just seem quaint that we were once so enamored of clicking on hyperlinks in HTML documents.... -- AndyReceived on Monday, 7 April 2003 21:18:10 EDT
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