1. TechBytes Google – Beyond Search! Harish Maringanti Application Programmer K-State Libraries (785)532-7462harish@ksu.edu

2. Today’s agenda Web based applications – Intro Look at some Google’s applications Discuss about the pros/cons of web-based apps vs local [desktop] apps

3. Intro Evolution of internet *[’95 16m.4% -> ’06 1.086b 16.7%] “Connectivity” Bulk of today’s material is born digital Digital => sharability Google’s mission organize information [ stems from its name ‘googol’ which is 1 followed by 100 zeroes] *Data from http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm

4. What’s new? Early challenges to web apps: Bandwidth Round trip for every web transaction New changes: Bandwidth high Reliable AJAX [Asynchronous JavaScript And XML]

5. Apps to look at GmailCalendarTalkSpreadsheets Writely [docs] Page Creator NotebookPicasaSketchup

6. Gmail Interface & Navigation: Conversation style mails – threaded Labels rather than folders Integration: chat from within gmail scans for appointments and puts it on cal Import/Export: Import – fwd to be set in other accounts Export – Can fwd and pop Negatives: No thunderbird look, no imap or pop client.

7. Calendar Interface and Navigation: Views, Agenda Add appointments [quick add] Keyboard shortcuts Integration:Gmail Reminders, alerts to several services Address book: auto-typing Sharing : share with public, friends. [edit, view only] can display other calendars alongside Adding public events is easy Import/Export: Supports: iCal, XML, CSV formats Negatives : No Sync’ing capability with handhelds, outlook at this time.

8. Gtalk Simple interface Auto loads contact lists from gmail Call, chat, send files Can leave voicemail to regular mail Go off the record

9. Spreadsheets Interface and navigation: Simple functionality: sort, functions.. Import/Export: imports xls or csv files can easily save in csv, xls, html format can easily save in csv, xls, html formatSharing: Controlled share [read only, edit] Real time screen chat Negatives: No Global, No macros, No Charts/graphs.

10. Writely Interface & Navigation: Similar to word except less. [18 fonts] Import/Export: Imports from html, ms word, etc Saves as html, rtf, word, openoffice, pdf Sharing: Public [all,selected], private[read, write] Integration: Can publish to blogs, Starring, tagging, archiving, revision tracking, rss feeds.

11. Portal “Personalized” home page One stop for all your services Search, email, calendar, stock quotes, etc Once click to add to the home page Add a lot more: to-do, sticky notes, weather, news, word of the day & more! Drag and drop interfaces

12. Page Creator Select layout – 4 standard options Select look – templates to choose from Basic fonts, bullets, formatting, links, images.

13. Notebook Good information manager Saves web clips Saves the original source

14. Web Vs Local Collaborate in office. Not worry about the version #, upgrades Don't have to download Online storage Not worry losing data because of crashes. No emailing back/forth. cluttering inboxes. Real time data. Auto save

15. Issues Legal issues Trust issues Privacy laws Security of data, et al Precedents of enterprise level hosted apps: Salesforce.com, Netsuite Needed: Good technical support.

16. What to expect? Gdrive? Web presentation software: Thumbstack? It’s the 3 rd /4 th largest server maker [according to CNN report]. Planning on designing chips?