We hear a lot about web enabled applications. Has anyone investigated the concept of Abiword running as a web application on a LAN web server, accessed through an https login from a broswer?
It seems to me that this might be handy in heterogenous LANS, particularly when thin client computing is desired, but also when a mix of Linux, Unix, Windows and Macs are used. Updating fonts on all the clients wouldn't be an issue, and font servers wouldn't have to run. A mix of X3 and X4 wouldn't matter. You could log in from any client running any OS provided it has a graphical browser and supports https. Printing could be set up to let the user direct output to print servers located anywhere. If you want to keep a copy of a document on your local machine as a backup, or to share via e-mail, the "Abiword server" could include a secure FTP server for both downloads and uploads. This probably isn't an issue for many users, but in networks where appliances, terminals, and many operating systems must co-exist, it could be useful. One server to maintain/upgrade, no concern about client compatibility. Any thoughts? Most likely it can't be done, but I'm curious. Later, Colin Mattoon ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
