Look, no browser! New tool offers offline websites


	Look, no browser! New tool offers offline websites

tabsey

2-26-2008 12:53 AM

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tabsey says:

Looks good and computer buffs will already have trialled it.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fc2bcee2-d683-4a39-9def-39076dd27944/B5F3DCF1-7174-4F97-B763-655133BAE53D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/look-no-browser-new-tool-offers-offline-websites/2008/02/26/1203788313438.html" href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/look-no-browser-new-tool-offers-offline-websites/2008/02/26/1203788313438.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smh.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/look-no-browser-new-tool-offers-offline-websites/2008/02/26/1203788313438.html"><P>eBay's customers don't need to open a web browser to search the
site or auction an item anymore.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/look-no-browser-new-tool-offers-offline-websites/2008/02/26/1203788313438.html"><P>After a quick download, the online auctioneer's users can click
the company's logo on their desktop and launch an application that
will allow them to do their business directly - no browser
required.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/look-no-browser-new-tool-offers-offline-websites/2008/02/26/1203788313438.html"><P>eBay is one of several companies, including Nasdaq Stock Market,
Time Warner's AOL, Nickelodeon and Salesforce.com, that have
created downloadable, desktop versions of their websites using
software developed by Adobe Systems.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/look-no-browser-new-tool-offers-offline-websites/2008/02/26/1203788313438.html"><P>Adobe is launching the application, called AIR, on Monday. Adobe
says AIR will allow any company with a website to inhabit a
permanent spot on people's desktops.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/look-no-browser-new-tool-offers-offline-websites/2008/02/26/1203788313438.html"><P>It also reduces the wait time for downloading images and data,
because the desktop is constantly updated while the computer is
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powerful version of widgets, the customizable little web pullouts
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