4- Fully agree, there is a very small group of applications that still work
better in a fat client, most application will work better in web.
Raul, do you have examples of solid browser applications that couldn't be
developed better in a fat client? Note that we aren't talking reporting
tools (i.e. display only applications).
I feel like there is a sector of people here that carry two things around in
their pockets - left pocket=water bottle, right pocket=browser Kool-Aid; and
whenever you need a lift you quickly mix the two and announce to the world
that HTML/CSS/Javascript are better than what one could develop in a thick
client?
Can ANYBODY give me an example application? Does somebody have one within
their walls that I could see in a private meeting (I have a GoToMeeting.com
account I can use so I can see your screen)? I just want to see what others
are developing that surpasses a thick client simply because I have NOT seen
anything like what is being said here.
Just because the browser has had a lot of success in the last 5 years
doesn't mean that it is somehow now better than thick clients for enterprise
applications. I wont argue that you could create a reasonable application
in the browser that is pretty fast and can insert and update information in
a database, but to say that it is better than a well developed thick client
equivalent seems off to me.
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Raul A. Jager W.
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 2:00 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: GUI development language
There are a few, very few applications for which it is better to run
locally. I don't have a "crystall ball" but it seems that web is taking
over and with time passing you will have fewer...
Now respect to your points:
1- MS has resources, but its goal is to lock users into windows, not to free
them to use other OS.
2- Typicall business application (display account, balances, etc. record
purchases, paymentes, etc.) uses JavaScript to improve usability, not as a
critical part. My experience is that pages in web take between 50 and 300
miliseconds, not 3 secconds. It is true that a 10 green screen program will
translate to 10 web programs, but also 10 green screens will take much more
than a second.
3- Neither says "al green screen shoud be replaced by fat clients"
4- Fully agree, there is a very small group of applications that still work
better in a fat client, most application will work better in web.
5- In case you work with people who only know windows, web looks very
complicated, slow, etc.
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