#15... finally some objective opinion on this product...
"There are plenty of reasons why a snapshot of the Web would be useful:
- Offline use. Ever been on a 12-hour flight and needed to look up some technical information? Or been staying in a hotel without Internet access?
- Research: Freeze a copy of the Web at periodic intervals.
- Distribution to localities without Internet access, intermittent access, low-speed access, or metered access
- Employees and consultants behind firewalls that don't allow Internet access (there are many, especially in the government and financial services industry)
- School research for students (presumably it could be filtered...)
- Faster search hits (instant cached results with the option to see updated content if connected)"
Well said...
Most engadget users seem to forget not everyone is glued 24/0 to the net, but people (here in the US, not to mention other countries) ACTUALLY SPENDS TIME OFFLINE. There's people on the road, waiting rooms, in a cab, rural areas etc etc etc etc etc, that could use ANY version of the net.
And it's not someone else's version of an essential web, it's your own custom version.
I think there's a HUGE market for the product, obviously excluding engadget users...
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#15... finally some objective opinion on this product...
"There are plenty of reasons why a snapshot of the Web would be useful:
- Offline use. Ever been on a 12-hour flight and needed to look up some technical information? Or been staying in a hotel without Internet access?
- Research: Freeze a copy of the Web at periodic intervals.
- Distribution to localities without Internet access, intermittent access, low-speed access, or metered access
- Employees and consultants behind firewalls that don't allow Internet access (there are many, especially in the government and financial services industry)
- School research for students (presumably it could be filtered...)
- Faster search hits (instant cached results with the option to see updated content if connected)"
Well said...
Most engadget users seem to forget not everyone is glued 24/0 to the net, but people (here in the US, not to mention other countries) ACTUALLY SPENDS TIME OFFLINE. There's people on the road, waiting rooms, in a cab, rural areas etc etc etc etc etc, that could use ANY version of the net.
And it's not someone else's version of an essential web, it's your own custom version.
I think there's a HUGE market for the product, obviously excluding engadget users...