> One last comment .. made by Erik Arvidsson.. seems he agrees. > > "Very, very, very hard indeed. > > Writing a mail application is hard using any toolkit. (Just > look at Mozilla Thunderbird.) The same applies to Google > maps. Sure some things might have been easier with WinForms, > Avalon or Lazslo but the application in itself is the biggest > part of the development time and cost. > > The biggest short coming with HTML/XML and scripting is > indeed the lack of good reusable components (and sometime a > unified application framework). I think if IE supported DOM > level 2 and XBL2 I think it would totally kill the > alternative frameworks (as long as some the different > platforms are compatible enough with each other)."
I'm not sure whether he's agreeing with you or with me. He says it's hard to write a mail application using any toolkit, not that it's especially hard to do it with DHTML. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199782 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
