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Will AJAX Replace the Desktop?

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AJAX-faced web applications can follow you, like all web apps. Most of us have at least one friend who traveled around the world and kept in touch via email with hotmail or yahoo e-mail accounts. In fact, these browser-based email interfaces helped drive the adoption of email for personal use. These days, using a more traditional html interface for business class e-mail use isn't really practical anymore. Outlook Web Access (OWA) (although it had a great AJAX interface) didn't really catch on for some reason, but Gmail and Zimbra are seeing uptake and Zimbra is aimed at replacing Outlook and Exchange altogether; and delivering all the UI through the browser.

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