RIA 1.0 was a no-show. The majority of desktop apps are still written in C++, with a vocal, rare, but increasing minority written in .Net, Java, et al. Most web apps are still written in PHP, Python, Java, Flash, Javascript……

If you download their server version and install, you can have your own chat server, eoffice with a variety of functionalities all very handy and useful tools for everyone including commercial applications.

I am able to share all types of media files with my friends at the same time with ease.

check out their site and test it: login detail are available at the page.

http://www.ip2connect.com/ip2c.....key=owtsar

We at Dekoh are very sure there would be numerous ISV opportunities and partnerships. We intend to get working hard on that, once we get the release out and cusumers start liking it.

Already a good bunch of ISVs have gotten in touch with us through the Early Access program. We would also be meeting many of them at the upcoming Web2.0 Expo and JavaOne expo.

As Mike says, Dekoh opens the opportunity for individuals to host thier application on thier own desktop. This is useful in many ways. The main utility could be, when a developer, SME or a startup ISV wants to test market thier product. They can simply host the product on thier own development platform, share it with select group of people, get the user-following in place, before looking for large scale hosting center.

This free utility is a big breakthrough for all PC users indeed.

I have seen their application. It is a cool intranet application ideal for home pc’s, sme’s and professional; and offers a lot of things for free. I guess it can be used alongside any application running tomcat (including dekoh).

I liked the concept very much.my internet service provider gives me global IP,so i share bigger files by placing them in the webroot of apache and give IP address to my friends.

I’ve only one doubt.If I publish my blog/photos on myname.dekoh.net,it would be accessible only when my machine is turned on and connected to net,its quite likely that that links in RSS wont have 100% uptime. do you plan to seamlessly move the data to some central server in the background ?

Kalyan

At http://www.xindesk.com we allow every developer to own their code/app (all rights included) to port/sell to others (xin runtime runs on every asp/asp.net server) as long as we get to keep one on the desktop.

That is, we offer a fun enviroment to create apps that have at least one client lined up already, and at least one advert up already, since it’s part of the xin desktop and thus showcased to all it’s users automatically, and that’s *two* of the biggest initial problems solved right there for anyone wanting to launch a webapp.

If the app had been restrained to the desktop only, a major advantage would have been lost for a developer, and if it doesn’t show up at all, nobody will know it even exists, and unless he/she owns it, they can’t make any money out of it elsewhere.

So, the best incentive, besides sheer creativity, is the option to move on if it proves successful.

user.dekoh.net will only route requests to your desktop, it will have small small one page UI. So there is not much storage needed there. Soon in our roadmap is caching on Dekoh network. If you have shared a photo album, then the pictures may temporarily remain on the network. We are yet to decide on the size of free cache that will be available to each user.

Dekoh will run on Mac.

#16 Im sure there are people if you look really hard. if you’re interested here is one that i have seen: http://www.ajax13.com/en/ajaxos/

I think the way it works is that these people developed an XUL application for Firefox and when you access the site, you can run their office suite. I guess their next big thing was to try and use document extensions to open the proper web based application from their servers (or the cached version you last used if you aren’t connected to the internet) off of a modded version of Linspire.

As far as the idea of Dekoh, I am interested to see where it goes. #2 is probably right as far as the limited use of the webtop. I think the problem is that there is very little premise….i mean other than the through the browser, the internet is often a layer under list based communication (email, im, etc) I think the exciting part of this here is that people like the developers of Dekoh, Goowy, Zoho and other services, are pushing the envelope when it comes to taking advantage of the internet and its multi-platform communicative abilities; i mean i can see the web the same from my Linux machine as from my windows one. this is where the power lies! Anyone can use HTML, anyone can use JavaScript, and anyone can use the internet; you don’t have to compile and execute, you don’t have to make ports. I don’t know about you all…but im rather excited about how this will play out.

Dekoh, i’m paying attention!

-Charles

Is there a storage limit for what is placed on user.dekoh.net?

Does Dekoh currently run on a Mac?

#32 May I ask what did you think it was earlier and what you do now? I have explained/clarified quite some things in my previous posts on this thread. If there is still something missing I am happy to answer.

Regarding customers, There are:
1. Developers: Who want to write web-desktop mashup applications. There are some ideas on http://www.dekoh.com/build.jsp
2. End users/Consumers: Who want to manage and share media…Some that dekoh ships are http://www.dekoh.com/explore.jsp. Developers on the platform may write more applications and if they wish make it available to others
3. Enterprises: There is an enterprise version that can enable SaaS applications for offline usage. This packaging does not include network sharing aspects. It includes additional modules like database synchronization and remote administration. FYI, Pramati http://www.pramati.com has been in enterprise middleware business.

there are some big pieces missing to the dekoh puzzle, which nobody seems to have asked about because we’re still trying to understand how it works technically.

to start with, who are the customers for dekoh and what does it have to offer them? anyone?

#28 Adobe Apollo is itself a web desktop platform. Dekoh can do much the same, I guess. One point being, if one needs richness of flash in their dekoh app, they could use flash as well- along with any other web app technologies such as jsp,servlets,JS et al. Beauty of the Dekoh platform is in in its standards base and in its zero-install auto desktop setup.

In short, a web standards based desktop app platform, with easy setup- much like how a plugin might get setup. An app platform that has good out of the box web2 and collaboration features.

I want a simple one or two sentance explanation of wha they do -and then maybe a small flash sample on the side - but not as the main box.

I really think the local/web set-up is the way to go, but the Dekoh Desktop could be written for the Apollo platform as well, could it not? I believe all the standards you listed are supported, but also AS3.0.

1. Apollo apps don’t run on standard web browser (IE, Firefox) but inside their own UI. Dekoh applications run on any browser.

2. Dekoh consists of Dekoh Desktop (software) and Dekoh Network (your own portal like ryan.dekoh.net). You can share content from the desktop and viewers can go to your Dekoh network site and view your shares. I think Apollo does not offer sharing this way

3. Dekoh supports most popular web standards like JSP, Servlet, Flash and AJAX. I know Flash and AJAX is supported on Apollo, not sure of others

4. Dekoh is open source

Vijay