Re: 'green screen' not sellable

Gary,

I don't categorize them as thick clients because you don't have to install them to roll out your applications. Everyone already has one (or more) installed, and already keeps it up to date.

When your application changes, the browser picks up that change without you having to go back and install a new client on the PC, like you would with a PC application.

It's cross-platform. Your application works on Windows, Linux, Mac, and all mobile platforms out of the box. (And often on other things, including industrial terminals, and even odd things like video game consoles that probably won't be used for business...). This is not usually the case with a PC application.

I'm not sure that I understand your perspective. You think it's just like installing thick-client software because it takes up a lot of disk space on the PC? Is that the only part that's consistent with a thick client for you, or what sort of problems do you run into with it?

-SK


On 6/8/2015 2:44 PM, Monnier, Gary wrote:

Scott,

Thanks for the thoughts. As always they are interesting.

In my experience browsers also take some care and feeding. Personally, I categorize web browsers as thick clients (just look at the size of one's folder) with all the issues of any other thick client.

Gary

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Subject: Re: 'green screen' not sellable

Gary,

Open Access is just a tool to help integrate stuff into your RPG code.
Existing programs don't have to be rewritten, you can just pop a HANDLER onto the F-spec, so your EXFMT, READ, WRITE et al will call the handler, and the handler can communicate with a web framework. (Or anything else you've written a handler to communicate with -- web framework is what most everyone uses, though.)

I certainly have NOT found browsers to be vulnerable at all. But, you could potentially write an OA handler that did something different than web if you wanted to try to start a new trend...

The only other alternative that I'm aware of vs. a browser would be something like a thick-client GUI. These aren't the best because they have to be installed/maintained/updated on every PC. And, the default for a thick-client like this is that it has authority to everything the local user has authority to on the PC. Browsers, on the other hand, default to not having authority to anything on the PC aside from a few areas of the browser itself (Javascript variables, local storage,
cookies, and the display... very stricted by comparison to
thick-client having access to the hard drive.)

-SK


On 6/8/2015 12:14 PM, Monnier, Gary wrote:

So Scott,

How does OAR play into this mix? I'm not playing devil's advocate
here but seriously think browsers are becoming way too vulnerable and
could use some competition.

Thanks,

Gary

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