Ask YC: Who's doing new desktop apps?

#1

Post by tjr » Wed, Dec 19, 2007, 5:54 AM UTC

Web applications seem to be all the rage right now, and rightfully so. Just curious to discuss the state of the art and state of utility of desktop applications.

Re: Ask YC: Who's doing new desktop apps?

#2

Post by terpua » Wed, Dec 19, 2007, 6:09 AM UTC

We are doing one as part of a desktop/web app.

Re: Ask YC: Who's doing new desktop apps?

#3

Post by dfranke » Wed, Dec 19, 2007, 6:20 AM UTC

I am, but it's for developers, not end-users.

Re: Ask YC: Who's doing new desktop apps?

#4

Post by cperciva » Wed, Dec 19, 2007, 6:41 AM UTC

We had this discussion 52 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=73112

Re: Ask YC: Who's doing new desktop apps?

#5

Post by dougfort » Wed, Dec 19, 2007, 9:53 AM UTC

We just launched SpiderOak: http://www.spideroak.com

Re: Ask YC: Who's doing new desktop apps?

#6

Post by dhouston » Wed, Dec 19, 2007, 11:11 AM UTC

http://getdropbox.com

Re: Ask YC: Who's doing new desktop apps?

#7

Post by hhm » Wed, Dec 19, 2007, 2:44 PM UTC

I am / was, for enterprise (advergaming for expositions and such). Now I'm getting interested by the computer vision world...

Re: Ask YC: Who's doing new desktop apps?

#8

Post by tjr » Wed, Dec 19, 2007, 8:45 PM UTC

cperciva wrote: post #4

We had this discussion 52 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=73112

Sorry for the repost then, and thank you for the link!