Jon Udell picks up and comments on a piece by Anil Dash on the emergence of microclients on the Internet.
I like the microcontent idea. It strikes me, though, that perhaps there won't be a single all-purpose client, but rather a diverse collection of little tools that flourish at the intersection between a services-rich Internet, and an integration-savvy desktop.
The concept and reality of web services intersecting with rich and smart clients is right on the money. But today even these applications are still browser contained. While folks can build desktop-resident Internet software, it's still too challenging.
But it raises other more interesting questions --- will these microcontent applications result in a flurry of new software on desktops, creating management and maintenance challenges for IT and end-users? To what degree does this fly in the face of the centralized management benefits that have driven so many applications (and nearly all content) into the network?
I'd be interested to hear from folks what kinds of content and applications they'd want to use through microclients?
7:00:32 PM 
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