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I'm Getting So Tired Of The Non-Instant Web

Source: louisgray.com

Jan 08, 2009

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At the end of 2008, my #1 prediction for 2009 in the world of tech was that the real-time Web was going to grow in awareness and importance - and that a growing number of early adopters and fast followers were going to turn to sites that delivered instant updates, without waiting for filtered analysis. But there are other aspects of the Web that seemingly should be instant, and are nothing but. Brick and mortar institutions that have moved to the Web still have the delays common with their offline institutions. Pure online plays can't manage to update their data as months and years change. And the result is frustrating. As I find some services doing a fantastic job of updating instantly, it's those that lag that drive me absolutely nuts.

Back in 2006, when this blog had maybe three total readers, myself being counted twice, I encountered an issue where eTrade took seemingly ages to send from my account to a third party bank. As the two posts on the matter, from August 20, 2006 and August 24, 2006, show, a simple process ...Read the full article

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Hutch,

Jan 08, 2009

"At the end of 2008, my #1 prediction for 2009 in the world of tech was that the real-time Web was going to grow in awareness and importance - and that a growing number of early adopters and fast followers were going to turn to sites that delivered instant updates, without waiting for filtered analysis. But there are other aspects of the Web that seemingly should be instant, and are nothing but."

Thomaspower,

Jan 08, 2009

hear hear

Louisgray,

Jan 08, 2009

Yes, people are saying the eTrade examples are due to SEC rules, etc. but I think if it's my money, and there's no barrier to moving it around, I should have it. And what's up with Compete.com? It's January 8, so where is the December data?