I don't think there are going to be problems for you. Let's wait a bit and see what happens.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not asking for development beyond just keeping up with Microsoft's > changes that break old code. > > Would it be reasonable to release the source code for jexe to the user > community to support, when support from Jsoftware is to be curtailed? > > Henry Rich > > Eric Iverson wrote: > > Both j.exe and j.jar will be available with j701. I can't promise no work > to > > migrate, but it should not be too bad. But new development is unlikely. > > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> I can tell you for sure that at least one user is going to cry over the > >> fading of jexe. For some applications I just can't let it go. > >> > >> For my trading application, I worry about the responsiveness of a > >> browser. Firefox consumes vast amounts of memory and seems to run the > >> CPU usage up to 100% for up to 10 minutes (!!) after a tab is deleted, > >> depending on what the page was. In general, trying to share a browser > >> with anything else is fraught with peril. > >> > >> Another large application I have deployed is a tournament-management > >> system for highschool quiz tournaments. This is a place where novice > >> users have to be protected from all possible mistakes, and where hitting > >> the Back button could be a disaster. jexe lets me put up forms that > >> have complete control of the system. I'm not sure how I would do that > >> safely under a browser; and again, accurate timing is vital, and I don't > >> know how I can manage that either. > >> > >> On the other hand, the new verb-conjugation game we are working on is a > >> natural browser/server application. So I'd say bring on the new > >> interface, but don't drop support on jexe. Maybe it won't be enhanced, > >> but it should be supported on future versions of Windows. > >> > >> Henry Rich > >> > >> Eric Iverson wrote: > >>> Thanks for the feedback. Your suggestions warrant investigation. The > key > >>> point is that with the power of html/css/javascript everything you > >> suggest > >>> (and too much more) is easy to do. > >>> > >>> Although the eventual usability of jfile is very important, I suggest > >> that > >>> we take it as a given that it can and will be done. For now it might be > >>> better to focus on bigger issues. Is this a fruitful direction? Are > users > >>> going to cry over the fading of j.exe? Are J users going to embrace > >> enough > >>> html/css/javascript to make there own GUI applications? Have browser > >>> standards converged enough that this route provides very good > >>> portability. Etc. > >>> > >>> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Sherlock, Ric < > >> [email protected]>wrote: > >>>>> From: Eric Iverson > >>>> > > >>>>> The official J701 beta program starts now. > >>>>> > >>>>> See the beta page at the http://www.jsoftware.com > >>>>> (Systems > Download and then on the right Other Versions > Beta) > >>>>> > >>>>> This announcement to programming, but all discussion should take > place > >>>>> in the beta forum. > >>>> 32-bit Windows version installs fine. > >>>> The ability to display inline plots (SVG & PDF) in the log is a nice > >> taste > >>>> of things to come. > >>>> > >>>> The functionality of the jfile window is a nice improvement. It is > much > >>>> easier to navigate using the keyboard and takes fewer "clicks" to get > >> things > >>>> done. > >>>> > >>>> Some more work formatting the jfile window will help convey the > function > >> of > >>>> the various bits. > >>>> * the currently selected file/folder should be more prominent and a > >>>> mouse-over tool tip could provide some feedback on what it is. > >>>> * The "buttons" (links that fire the goaction verb) should be > >>>> differentiated from "shortcuts" (links that fire the gosh, gofo or > gofi > >>>> verbs). The former could be formatted to look like buttons. > >>>> * the functionality of the "new_name" button might be clearer if it > was > >>>> called "rename_to" > >>>> * IMO it would be more natural for the ".." link to appear as the > first > >>>> item in the listing of the current folder, rather than as part of the > >> list > >>>> of shortcuts. > >>>> > >>>> * It seems to me that it would be useful to group the various > distinct > >>>> parts of the page in <div> tags to aid with CSS formatting. > >>>> > >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >>>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >>> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
