The Disappearing Desktop - It's Real This Time

[Charles Hartman]

On Nov 16, 2005, at 9:43 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote:

> I don't believe that a "Web-Photoshop" would need to satisfy the  
> digital photography professional (mapping professionals aren't  
> using Google Maps !). I think to get a commercially successful web- 
> based photography editing app you need to satisfy 75% of the  
> population - who start out with 3-6M-pixel photos compressed down  
> to 1/2Mb JPEGs, not the pros using 32Mb RAW images,.


Is one implication that, in the brave new web-app world, professional- 
grade applications -- because nobody but professionals will be using  
them -- will get really, really expensive? Yes, many are now; but  
many aren't. Jarhead was edited, as I understand it, by whatshisname  
the great film editor using Final Cut Pro. Pro-level audio software,  
though not cheap, is within reach for an amateur. Will that stop  
being true? Don't like it.

Charles Hartman