RE: What do I use?

In fact, I've yet to see you come up with one business application that is

NOT suitable for browser-based deployment.

Joe, you wouldn't happen to have an article that dives into these findings
would you? I know you have done a lot of work in this arena but others of
us have not and I would love to know how you have accomplished certain
things (i.e. one thing I have seen you comment on before is function keys in
the browser - though I don't remember if you came up with a solid solution
or not).

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


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From: rpg400-l-bounces+albartell=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces+albartell=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe
Pluta
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:28 AM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: What do I use?

From: Paul Raulerson

Sure - ever heard of having to bring up a check to view it, or
validate a signature?

Yup. My bank does it right now, with a browser. Piece of cake.

They can often be represented by icons that display and react to
choices the user makes in a GUI style application. There are plenty of
other examples, such as flagging accounts that have issues, or so on.

Well, since these applications worked just fine in the green screen, chances
are that they'll work just fine in the browser with or without icons. But
in general, if you do use icons (literally, small images that intuitively
represent some action or attribute) throughout the application, then as
Aaron pointed out these images will be cached and that means they'll be as
fast if not faster in the browser, since they don't actually have to be sent
over the wire.

And yes, there are applications that do not need graphics, which may
or may not be suitable for hosting on the web.

Yup. We call these business applications. And they are eminently suited
for hosting on the web. In fact, I've yet to see you come up with one
business application that is NOT suitable for browser-based deployment.

Joe


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