isn't most applications moving away from the desktop application environment into the web environment?

uh, not moving away, but it's more like integrating both desktop and web. Like Adobe AIR.

and microsoft office 2008?

but then you are tying yourself down to a single computer.

sort of. Mozilla plays prism as well

the web is ubiquitous now. i somehow feel that having someone install a desktop application just to use a service is ... for a lack of a

better word.... unthinkable

yup. prism exists.

but not everybody knows how to use it.

ya, the concept is still unstable

but i supposed it's the future of web apps?

maybe. but i think google's got the right idea.

the internet is the OS.

back when google had that philosophy, i disagreed with them

but now, i understand why their philosophy works.

yeap. so... the API?

hehehe. in the near future i think

i think alvin mentioned earlier that plurk is in its early beta stage.

i see...

i'll be honest. i use less instant messaging since i got my plurk account. hahah

plurk is an union of chat and regular instant messaging and micro-blogging (like twitter)

haha, ya, *IF* all your friends are using the same network

heh. but why lock yourself into a particular network?

i'm all for the open xmpp/jabber protocol like what google uses

interoperability

oh, can windows live work with gchat?

we are actually going the IM route - tighter integration with IM service. jabber/windows live/aim

oh.. hmm...

windows live messenger uses the proprietary protocol from microsoft, it won't work.

but yea, plurk does have instant messaging support (i think for most major protocols)

the same way abt having a Desktop API for Plurk

and by that i meant API to enable desktop apps to be built.. I r frazzled