Re: Amazon MP3 Store is pretty damn good, but of course there's _always_ a catch :-(

On 2007-10-01, Jochem Huhmann <joh@xxxxxxx> wrote:

There is another point I forgot to make. What is it with people
thinking that everything should be accessible through a browser?
Take something like Usenet for example. You need an NNTP client
to access it. But wouldn't it be great if you could access it
using a browser? Well you can now, it is called Google Groups -
I rest my case:-)

This is actually really interesting -- the browser has become *the*
universal interface.

It is is an interesting issue and one which links in to the whole
web services/XML conversation which is taking place in many fora.
Unfortunately in c.s.m.s it only seems to crop up in response to
posts by anti-Mac trolls. A browser can be considered as something
like a Swiss Army knife, which does lots of things adequately, but
sometimes it is better to uses a specialised tool. Nice to see you
using one of my favourite quotes in your sig.

Ian

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Ian Gregory
http://www.zenatode.org.uk/ian/
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