Web2.0 Personal desktop

If there is such a network desktop: it can make up for the defects of favorites, manage one or more of your favorite webpages on the same page, and design the layout at will, automatically update content. Would you like to use it?

 

The I desktop launched by Aidi can provide you with such personalized services. "Both in terms of functionality and core technology, we are better at Microsoft Live and our content is more open ." Xu Kai, founder of Aidi. Perhaps due to years of foreign development experience, Xu Kai was confident in speaking this paragraph.

 

"Both Google and Baidu use page-level granularity, but there is usually only a small part of useful information on the page, and the rest are junk, so I want to extract the valuable information on the Web page in some way." This is the original intention of Xu Kai's invention of network desktop, providing an efficient search method for people.

 

There are more and more applications and services on the network. Users cannot always use favorites or search engines, which is time-consuming and inefficient. Therefore, a more effective tool is required to manage the pages that users are interested in. This is the application significance of the network desktop. It optimizes the search engine and favorites functions to a certain extent. At present, online services, online broadcast, and online hard disk have appeared. In Xu Kai's eyes, this is also an entry point for the invention of network desktop. Since such an integrated platform already exists, why not extend it a little more? As a program and file management mode similar to Windows desktop, an online tool is used to manage applications that users are interested in. This is the concept of network desktop.

 

The so-called network desktop is a personal portal website. It must be tailored to individual needs and display. A personal portal can be green or simple, but it must reflect professionalism and interest, because it is a platform for Personal Knowledge Management and a platform for communication and communication. MSN, Yahoo, and Google use their methods to describe the appearance of personal portals. The custom pages provided by such portals are based on the information and services provided by websites, it also shows a way to lock users. I desktop allows users to design their own desktop content and freely choose information from any website. It also reflects a self-created approach.

 

5-year XMLTechnology research is the foundation

 

Around 1999, XML technology was sought after by major manufacturers, and Xu Kai was engaged in development in this field. With technical expertise, he successfully immigrated to Canada and developed XML data conversion products in a company. At that time, XML was still a new technology, and Xu Kai mainly focused on data conversion. XML is used to achieve data format unification. At that time, the integration of information work provided a persistent technical accumulation for Xu Kai's startup.

 

At present, many companies have chosen XML to replace HTML because HTML is only a representation format, not a format that can be digested by programs and data. XML makes up for this shortcoming. Presenting all the content on the same platform was the starting point of Xu Kai. At that time, he and his partners had already accumulated a lot in data conversion and data mining, so they saw the prospect in this direction.

 

Speaking of development experience, Xu Kai said: "We have been working in the XML field for five years and there will be no such opportunity in China ." Programmers both at home and abroad have great differences in concept, treatment, and social status. Xu Kai said that in China, if a programmer is over 30 years old, it may be said that it is not promising. in foreign countries, programmers aged 5 and 60 are also very common, they are very satisfied with their work and enjoy superior treatment. Only in this environment can a technician study the technology with great concentration.

 

Everything you need

 

AIDI is not the only website with personalized services. Recently, Microsoft and Google have launched similar services. As a new kind of personal network desktop, what is the difference between I desktop and other personalized service websites? In this regard, Xu Kai has two points of view. First, the information of other personalized websites comes from RSS. Based on the limitations of RSS, users can extract information smoothly only when the target website provides the RSS service. I desktop does not have this limitation. no matter whether the target website provides the RSS service or not, users can extract the information to their desktops, truly achieving "what is needed, what is cut ". Second, most personalized service websites focus on launching their own services, so there are some limitations, "There will be no Baidu content on Google, only Microsoft's own content will appear on Microsoft's live.com, "said Xu Kai. I desktop users can get the content they need based on their own needs.

 

At present, the most popular personalized service website is Microsoft's live.com. Speaking of the comparison between love net and Microsoft Live, Xu Kai said: "Live was launched earlier than us, but in terms of functionality, our products are superior ." Because of the original technology, I desktop users can capture arbitrary content and RSS from any webpage, while Microsoft live.com is centered on RSS. Therefore, from a functional perspective, Microsoft's current live.com is mainly an RSS reader. In addition, I desktop provides a practical tool-"my mailbox", including all the current mainstream mailboxes, users can log on to the desktop to see all new emails in different mailboxes; microsoft's live.com is mainly integrated with Microsoft's existing services, so there is only Hotmail in the mailbox.

 

Behind Microsoft's live.com is a big strategy. It is a new 5-year plan for Microsoft to integrate its resources to the Internet, and shows the domineering power of the era, based on Internet application and service innovation, Alibaba Cloud provides a platform with innovative technical support to serve users. It is intended to become an exclusive user of personal portal cake.

 

Xu Kai believes that most of the reason windows wants to transfer to the live platform is that Microsoft has realized that more and more applications have been transferred to the Internet. There is a difference between local software and online software. The more users there are online software, the higher the value. "Maybe five years later, we can really use a PC with 100 RMB, enjoy all the services on the Internet." Xu Kai said. This may be the reason why online software is becoming increasingly popular, and this trend has broadened the road for the promotion of network desktop.

 

Programmers may be willing to try

 

Speaking of I desktop promotion, Xu Kai said: "Our products are more profound in concept and have a high threshold. It may not be easy to describe ." It is indeed not easy to fully define this product. Xu Kai believes that if there is a chance to give a demonstration to the user, the user will be very easy to accept, but if the product is simply pushed to the ordinary user, the effect will not be very good, the user may not understand, maybe it's unnecessary. Through the collected feedback, Xu Kai finally concluded that for ordinary users, I desktop is not very easy to accept, so there is still a process to change users' thinking.

 

"So we think that incircle people are a very suitable group, and programmers may be willing to try ." Xu Kai believes. Programmers are keen on such products because they are curious and may wish to study the product practices. More people may think that tools on the Internet are not technical and willing to verify them in person. Xu Kai believes that the idea of programmers is very conducive to the promotion of I desktop, because at least programmers will make suggestions to make the product progress. It is a good idea to spread the product reputation among programmers.

 

Some people suggest that Xu Kai make more efforts in product promotion to combine the content on the webpage and provide it to users. However, Xu Kai believes that this practice is in conflict with the original intention of R & D products: "I desktop is personalized. If a complete webpage is provided to users, there is a conflict with the personalized concept." Just like designing a house, some people like to buy a well-decorated house, and others like DIY. Everyone has different interests. "But in life, only 5% of people like DIY are involved, and others prefer to enjoy DIY," Xu Kai said. Currently, Alibaba Cloud has established a community in which users can view others' designs. Using this compromise method is a good idea. On the one hand, it does not limit users' DIY ideas. On the other hand, it provides various templates that users can imitate or even share others' designs. Because the establishment of the Community is not long enough and the Community is not mature enough, when the Community develops to a certain scale, I believe it will play a very good role in promoting product promotion.

 

With the popularization of the concept of web, more and more people are focusing on Internet services. Personal portal websites have attracted a lot of attention. If a personal portal website fully embodies the concept of Web and enables users to participate in the portal from passive acceptance of information to active creation of information, such websites will certainly be favored by users.

 

Rural cities

At present, many entrepreneurs are looking overseas, and Xu Kai is the opposite. Referring to the reason, he said: "compared with foreign countries, I think domestic RSS has more limitations ." From this perspective, there is more market space in China than in other countries.

 

"In addition, because there are many domestic acquaintances, it is easier to promote the market. At that time, we were ambitious and planned to start in China. When we were doing well, we were pushed abroad ." This is the second reason why Xu Kai chose to start his business back home. In view of the low cost and ease of promotion of domestic entrepreneurship, he hopes to find the development prospects of products in China first, go to the international market step by step.

 

"This product is very difficult to attract attention abroad ." This is another reason for Xu Kai to start his own business. foreign technologies are relatively developed and it is not easy to attract attention in a short time. In addition, because some large Chinese companies prefer to develop such products, Xu Kai has fewer powerful competitors. More importantly, Xu Kai and his partners have technical advantages. After all, they have been engaged in related fields for more than five years and are easy to learn.