Henry, Google Chrome is reputed to be quick. I use it for everything except my Vanguard account. Bank of America now supports Chrome for its online banking. Kip
Henry Rich 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
