PR spam at it's finest
HN user
mattcarbone
This just shows that they don't understand their own technology. RIA/browser plugins have their place, but not for corporate home pages. If this was the case then Adobe.com would be a full screen flex app and Sun.com would be an applet.
arrg.
The "cool factor" is there.
One possible problem: The person has at least three things to work with now, your scanning device, the paper, and the computer. It would be really nice to have it interface directly with the mobile device.
Is there something I'm missing here?
It seems like there is nothing there that is not already a feature in another site/service.
I love the idea.
Buxfer will be the next startup from Y to get picked up. It's useful and could easily be a feature in some bank's web portal.