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[Nick Sabalausky]

"Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message 
news:iedqh5$6qn$1 at digitalmars.com...
> "Michael Stover" <michael.r.stover at gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:mailman.1046.1292468790.21107.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>>> there's no integration with the
>> external environment
>>
>> But it is an advantage at the same time as it's a weakness.  The 
>> advantage
>> is, I can read and use gmail or google docs anywhere, firewall or not.
>>

Slight wording correction added in-line:

> That's entirely possible without cramming the whole thing through a 
> webpage. I can thank of at least a couple ways just off the top of my 
> head. The *only* reason you don't see
> [the access-your-data-from-anywhere ability]
> outside of the web browser it is because everyone making "use-anywhere" 
> apps is insisting doing it through the web browser. It's *not* a technical 
> limitation of not using a web browser. If anything, it's just a widespread 
> misconception amoung people who grew up writing web code and therefore 
> don't know any better about what is and isn't possible.
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