Visitors who stop by HelpMeRick.com with any frequency the past 4-5 years know that I’m a huge cloud computing (using applications on the web versus installing programs) junkie. Today, I was reminded of one area where desktop applications still provide a better experience than the web…card, board, and casino games.
A client was frustrated with trying to play pyramid solitaire on a site that “used to work”. Thus one of the problems with web based gaming. Here are the other shortcomings of online gaming, in my opinion:
I do like that web based games give you the option of playing on any computer connected to the Internet and with other web users (if you desire). But these two features are unimportant to a vast number of casual game players.
Enter the world of store bought software. For casual board, card, or casino games, I recommend the Hoyle CD series. The games cost only $20, don’t require a web connection, and contain dozens of games. You can purchase Hoyle games on Amazon.com, your local office superstore, WalMart, BestBuy and even Target. They are easy to install, safe, fast, and fun.
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I have spreadsheet applications with personal financial data that I don’t expect to ever run anywhere but my home computer. If I did, I could install a portable copy of OpenOffice.org on a USB thumb drive, and carry it that way. Since this is about 95% of my use of the OOo suite, I don’t see any advantage for me in a Zoho-type web application.
Online backup is a part of my backup strategy, and I sync my Firefox bookmarks using Xmarks, so I do use some of the Web 2.0 features.
I love the Xmarks service…extremely effective and convenient. And you bring up a good point about portable OpenOffice. Hard to believe why folks still pay for Microsoft Office. Thanks for stopping by!