Killer demo? Listen to the keyboards

I have a new way for rating how cool a demo is.

How many keystrokes per second can I count? You know, tap, tap, tap, tap on keyboards.

Virtual Ubiquity is on stage right now showing off a killer Word Processor that works online. Teaches Microsoft quite a few lessons. Will be out in May.

All done in Adobe stuff and it just takes online apps a whole step forward in what I’ll expect to see from now on.

I’m sure there’ll be tons of words written about this shortly.

But. my takeaway is how excited the keyboard tapping is. Sounds like the hail that was hitting our windows last night. Tap, tap, tap.

  • http://alpascual.com/blog/al Al Pascual

    they are not showing anything!

  • http://alpascual.com/blog/al Al Pascual

    they are not showing anything!

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Al: coming in May. I’m sure you’ll hear a LOT more about this company between now and then.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Al: coming in May. I’m sure you’ll hear a LOT more about this company between now and then.

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  • http://dan100.blogspot.com/ Dan

    All done in Adobe stuff – that’ll be an embedded Flash applet then? Why not use Java? Mind you, ThinkFree released their fully-functional MS Office-rivalling Java suite about six years ago…

    TBH I can’t see how Ajax based online apps (Zoho, D&S etc.) will ever rival desktop or embedded apps. Javascript just isn’t as powerful.

  • http://dan100.blogspot.com Dan

    All done in Adobe stuff – that’ll be an embedded Flash applet then? Why not use Java? Mind you, ThinkFree released their fully-functional MS Office-rivalling Java suite about six years ago…

    TBH I can’t see how Ajax based online apps (Zoho, D&S etc.) will ever rival desktop or embedded apps. Javascript just isn’t as powerful.

  • http://www.5o9inc.com/ Peter Cranstone

    Hi Robert,

    We have a demo for local search on mobile that only requires you type in the “Find” request. Our client is able to transmit your current your GPS, Address, Zip code and area code up to the server in real time using nothing more than the browser. Checkout our mobile demo page: http://www.5o9inc.com/mobile.html for more info.

    Cheers,

    Peter

  • http://www.5o9inc.com Peter Cranstone

    Hi Robert,

    We have a demo for local search on mobile that only requires you type in the “Find” request. Our client is able to transmit your current your GPS, Address, Zip code and area code up to the server in real time using nothing more than the browser. Checkout our mobile demo page: http://www.5o9inc.com/mobile.html for more info.

    Cheers,

    Peter

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  • Gael

    Microsoft needs to have a WPF/e based Office suite. They should even have a verison of Outlook web access running on WPF/e, and make it the default.

  • Gael

    Microsoft needs to have a WPF/e based Office suite. They should even have a verison of Outlook web access running on WPF/e, and make it the default.

  • Ross

    Dan@4

    It *is* Flash, but it is built with Flex which is worth a day’s worth of research of anyone’s time (assuming you can code). There is a 30 day trial I believe.

  • Ross

    Dan@4

    It *is* Flash, but it is built with Flex which is worth a day’s worth of research of anyone’s time (assuming you can code). There is a 30 day trial I believe.

  • http://www.genpop.info/ Jammy

    Well ive never been a massive fan of microsoft they always make messups but i am forced to use there products… :

  • http://www.genpop.info Jammy

    Well ive never been a massive fan of microsoft they always make messups but i am forced to use there products… :

  • http://waschstrasse.info/ Waschstrasse

    All done in Adobe stuff – that’ll be an embedded Flash applet then? Why not use Java? Mind you, ThinkFree released their fully-functional MS Office-rivalling Java suite about six years ago…

    TBH I can’t see how Ajax based online apps (Zoho, D&S etc.) will ever rival desktop or embedded apps. Javascript just isn’t as powerful.

  • http://waschstrasse.info Waschstrasse

    All done in Adobe stuff – that’ll be an embedded Flash applet then? Why not use Java? Mind you, ThinkFree released their fully-functional MS Office-rivalling Java suite about six years ago…

    TBH I can’t see how Ajax based online apps (Zoho, D&S etc.) will ever rival desktop or embedded apps. Javascript just isn’t as powerful.

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  • Keith Patrick

    I’m one of those people who does not consider a Flash app to be a “web application”, regardless of whether or not HTML is hosting the runtime (which is basically what Flash is in this context) It can do some very cool stuff, and is rather ubiquitous (although I have to disable it; I use Remote Desktop too much, and Flash-enabled sites tend to go so far overboard that my remote session makes Windows feel like GEOS on an underclocked Commodore64), but it can be (and I’ve run into this issue on several occasions and is a real customer concern) a problem when web users don’t expect to have to install software to start working (and at least at my current org, there are a surprising amount of target PCs without Shockwave)

  • Keith Patrick

    I’m one of those people who does not consider a Flash app to be a “web application”, regardless of whether or not HTML is hosting the runtime (which is basically what Flash is in this context) It can do some very cool stuff, and is rather ubiquitous (although I have to disable it; I use Remote Desktop too much, and Flash-enabled sites tend to go so far overboard that my remote session makes Windows feel like GEOS on an underclocked Commodore64), but it can be (and I’ve run into this issue on several occasions and is a real customer concern) a problem when web users don’t expect to have to install software to start working (and at least at my current org, there are a surprising amount of target PCs without Shockwave)

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  • http://nakedconversations.com/ shel israel

    Those keyboard clicks may be telling you how many people are ignoring the demo and doing email.

  • http://nakedconversations.com shel israel

    Those keyboard clicks may be telling you how many people are ignoring the demo and doing email.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Shel: nah, I’m filtering for those. Why? Cause that causes a consistent level of clicking. When a killer demo (or something controversial) comes on stage the clicking dramatically increases as people twitter and blog away.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Shel: nah, I’m filtering for those. Why? Cause that causes a consistent level of clicking. When a killer demo (or something controversial) comes on stage the clicking dramatically increases as people twitter and blog away.

  • http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor monkchips

    you need to watch out for peoples head nods too – its a sure fire sign. i love it when you even hear them when talking to clients on the phone. head nods and hammering on keys – those are the signs.

  • http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor James Governor

    you need to watch out for peoples head nods too – its a sure fire sign. i love it when you even hear them when talking to clients on the phone. head nods and hammering on keys – those are the signs.

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  • http://www.catbyte.de/ catbyte

    I think this is a great idea. But it is a microsoft product, so keep cool and wait for an stable release! ;-)

  • http://www.catbyte.de catbyte

    I think this is a great idea. But it is a microsoft product, so keep cool and wait for an stable release! ;-)

  • http://www.filges.de/ Datenschutz

    OK, talking about word processing, why is this the first one? What about Google Docs?

    And I really think, that data protection is an important topic on SaaS-Applications.

  • http://www.filges.de Datenschutz

    OK, talking about word processing, why is this the first one? What about Google Docs?

    And I really think, that data protection is an important topic on SaaS-Applications.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Datenschutz: this isn’t the first Word processor. It’s just the coolest online one I’ve seen so far.

    Catbyte: it’s not a Microsoft product.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Datenschutz: this isn’t the first Word processor. It’s just the coolest online one I’ve seen so far.

    Catbyte: it’s not a Microsoft product.

  • http://www.seo-x.de/ Linkaufbau

    Hi Robert, i share your opinion totally. It’s a very cool application!

  • http://www.seo-x.de Linkaufbau

    Hi Robert, i share your opinion totally. It’s a very cool application!

  • http://www.knopf-suche.de/ Knopf

    Killer demo? I think this is a great idea.

  • http://www.knopf-suche.de Knopf

    Killer demo? I think this is a great idea.

  • http://www.kulturzauber.de/ Buddha

    It is a microsoft product they are not showing anything!

  • http://www.kulturzauber.de Buddha

    It is a microsoft product they are not showing anything!

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  • http://www.timbaer.de/ TIMBaER

    I try so far it me possible am the products from Microsoft to to be avoided. However this attempt is not to be seized always possible and one again times in a forced manner on it back.

  • http://www.timbaer.de TIMBaER

    I try so far it me possible am the products from Microsoft to to be avoided. However this attempt is not to be seized always possible and one again times in a forced manner on it back.