It seems that the first generation of web applications has hardly been upon us whence along comes an application that will surely form the advent of a second generation. The site makes me very excited indeed.
It has just come out of beta, and I urge you to take a look. In their own words: “A simple, powerful new way to create web-based business applications that can be used by anyone, anytime, anywhere! Coghead is the one do-it-yourself web application platform that can handle all of your projects from beginning to end.”
Essentially, this is a do it yourself web application. You take the features you need, discard the ones you don’t. Need a feature that isn’t there already? You can write it yourself and share it with other cog head users.
The application looks good (albeit if a little blue, and I couldn’t find how I could change the color settings) and works well although it launches in a pop up window and rather frustratingly you cannot see the status bar.
It is not so much what it is now as what it could potentially become. If the future of web applications doesn’t take its lead from this enterprising company, I’ll be very surprised indeed.
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I agree in that this type of apps is the future of Web 2.0, but i’m not convinced about the use of Flash - I find it rather slow although it’s more intuitive than other apps of its generation (for example www.applicationexchange.com).
Cheers.
I like the ApplicationExchange concept. Pick n mix application system are going to be where its at for sure.
Thanks for the comments, Clive. We understand that we have much work left to do to fully realize the potential that exists for this type of product, and we will be updating the product on a very frequent basis. Back/Forward button & Location/Status bar support is coming. Client performance will improve and I’ll see what I can do to raise the priority of color scheme selection (that includes non-blue options of course).
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