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How many of the applications you use on a daily basis are web-based as opposed to locally installed native applications? For me, the answer is way more than I ever would have expected.
Had you asked me this question a few years ago, I would have vehemently denied that the future of development is on the web. As much as I could see and understand the value of a ubiquitously available web-based application, there's just no way to approach the level of power and integration (not to mention the ability to be always-available) that is possible with well conceived and developed desktop software.
Of course, back then I didn't imagine that web applications could become as useful as Google Calendar or Remember the Milk. I also didn't imagine that light - yet still useful - versions of these apps would be available from my mobile phone almost wherever I was.
In fact, and much to my surprise, today most of my personal data today is tied up in online services:
Gmail,
Google Calendar,
Google Docs,
Backpack,
Remember the Milk,
Facebook,
Newsgator, and
Evernote to name just a few.
Most of these are probably pretty familiar names, but one is a newcomer in the web space: Evernote. Still in beta, the new version of Evernote contains a full-featured web version, but synchronizes seamlessly with desktop software on either Windows or Mac platforms. And it's a breath of fresh air.
译文:
软件应该本土化还是网络化？
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每天你利用的应用程序有多少是以网络为基础，而不是本地安装的本土化应用程序？对我而言，答案极大
地超乎我的预料。
如果你在几年前问我这一问题，我将会强烈反对软件的未来发展是在网络上的。虽然我能够看到和理解到普遍同时适用的网络化程序的价值，但是，只是没有办法达到可以与设计精良、开发完善的桌面软件相融合的强大的和集成化的程度（更不必说永久适用的能力）。
当然，回到当时我不敢想像的是网络应用程序能够发展到和谷歌日历或在线个人任务管理系统一样有用。同样不可想像的是，简易版的这些应用程序能够适用于从手机到几乎是我在的任何地方。
实际上，更令我吃惊的是，今天我大多数的个人资料都和在线服务不可分离：谷歌电子邮件，谷歌日历，谷歌文档，backpack个人信息管理系统，在线个人任务管理系统，facebook脸谱网，Newsgator软件服务商和evernote笔记管理软件，仅仅列举这几个。
这些在线服务中的大多数大概是我们相当熟悉的名字，但是有一个是网络领域的新来者：evernote笔记管理软件。依然是在beta版浏览器中，新版的evernote含有全方位的网络版本，但只是和在视窗系统或Mac平台下的桌面软件保持无缝同步。不过它依然是网络领域的一股新鲜空气。