tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post760150828025738222..comments2024-02-19T19:53:01.688-08:00Comments on Cathode Tan: OMG THE WEB IS DEADJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-16354429954684769782010-08-19T07:46:24.382-07:002010-08-19T07:46:24.382-07:00Yeah, that's a good point. From the looks of ...Yeah, that's a good point. From the looks of the graph, I'd assume they make mail equal STMP/POP/IMAP ... maybe? <br /><br />But you're right, a more useful graph would be comparing behaviors to toolsets, not just overall traffic. Especially since the trend in web development has been to reduce overhead heading to browsers. The more AJAX implementations, the less traffic since you don't have full page refreshes for every action anymore. A more nimble web is certainly not a dead one.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-78301531793406035312010-08-19T07:43:27.657-07:002010-08-19T07:43:27.657-07:00Oh and one more comment as I glanced back at that ...Oh and one more comment as I glanced back at that chart again. Email basically disappears. If I'm on gmail is that browsing the web or using email? If I'm on facebook sending somebody a message is that email or web?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354491286935701887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-53282480979850978962010-08-19T07:41:19.484-07:002010-08-19T07:41:19.484-07:00For perspective, Wired magazine is the same magazi...For perspective, Wired magazine is the same magazine that was touting the magic of the new economy. Howe we'd have decades of low inflation unstoppable growth. <br /><br />In a word, or five: Wired is full of shit.<br /><br />Always have been, always will be. The web is not dead. As a proportion of traffic it doesn't dominate but, duh, it's largely text and text compresses REALLY well. Video, on the other hand is a giant bandwidth suck. <br /><br />What would be a far more useful graph would be a study showing what people spend the largest proportion of their time doing. I guarantee you that web browsing would still dominate that. <br /><br />So the real headline for their article is:<br /><br />"The Web takes up less bandwidth than other stuff!"<br /><br />Wow, stunner.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354491286935701887noreply@blogger.com