Talk:Browser application

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[edit] Merge with Web Application???

Hello! I saw the article you recently created under the title browser application, and after a bit of a search I found Wikipedia already has a lengthy article on the subject at "web application". As far as I can see both articles are about the same topic, and "web application" already has redirects at "browser-based" and "browser-based software", so I tagged your article with a proposed merge tag (rather than just railroading your article into another redirect). I wondered if I could get your opinion on which title is more appropriate though - in my opinion, "browser" or "browser-based" should be in there somewhere, because as the article at "web application" states such applications need not be provided over the WWW, and could be deployed on an intranet. Your thoughts? Maybe start a discussion on Talk:Web application? ~Matticus ^T_C 14:50, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Argg... I thought I searched for "Web Application" before starting that article, sorry for the duplication, I must have had a misspelling in my search. The two could be merged, but as I've watched the technology evolve, I think that Google Gears marks a new subset of applications wholly different from "Web Applications" where the internet connectivity is no longer a requirement to use the software on one's local computer. Today, the world still looks at any browser-based application as just another web application, but I don't beleive that's accurate anymore. What is the best "Wiki" way to deal with this? Nrcjersey 15:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Too funny...I came here to once and for all clear up the terminology...web app vs. browser app or something else...and I see this.

I do not like "web app" for the same reasons mentioned above. "Web" seems to imply inter-/intranet connectivity is required, which is not the case with such apps. I think "browser-based" would be better, "browser executed" is probably more technically correct, though more obscure. The article at web application does a good job of explaining the topic. My only issue with that article is that the first sentence states "...a Web application or webapp is an application that is accessed via web over a network...". It goes on the refer to "web" interface throughout the article...which really should be "browser" interface or something similar.

My suggestion would be to improve the web application article to make it more clear that what it really means is "browser", then move it to a better name (here or elsewhere). 70.144.120.177 (talk) 21:06, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Merge. It is almost the same.--Kozuch (talk) 17:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)