>> -----Original Message----- >> From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 5:02 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: RE: passing cf structure to AjaxCFC? >> >> Dave Watts Wrote: >> > I'm a big boy; I don't mind a little criticism. So feel >> > free! And yes, I'm sure to be wrong plenty of times. >> >> > But sometimes, when you (or anyone else) asks "how do >> > you do x", the answer will simply be, "you can't do x". >> > Unfortunately, it is simply not true that for every >> > problem, there is a viable solution, especially >> > within our field. There are a lot of things that >> > simply can't be done within web applications. >> >> Prepopulating or dynamically populating a file input >> springs to >> mind...
> There have been many options, successful to varying but > mostly lesser > degrees, to use web technologies to produce full-featured > applications. > Some of them are insanely interesting. > I suppose all this depends on how you define a "Web > Application". Using the > various application frameworks provided by IE, Firefox and > others you can do > most all of this with Web Technologies (HTML, DHTML, > JavaScript, etc) - but > these apps do not exist in a web browser container. > (Actually many of them exist in a "browser container" but > one without normal > browser chrome or interface conventions.) > However they are done using web technologies and > distributed via HTTP so the > distinction is fine. > So the question "can you do that in a browser" is very > often "no" - but the > answer "can you do that in a web app" is very often > "yes... if you're > willing to accept the following trade-offs/requirements". Right... but that requires creating your own browser or at least your own environment for the browser like a kiosk where the user can't use keystrokes like ctrl+n to change the environment. In my case I was asked to do these things in such a way that the typical user could use the application from their home machine and without requiring a download / install process up front. That whole issue of cheat-proof, professional certification testing in an _unproctored_ at-home environment. And to that, my answer in a nutshell is "no". s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:234214 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
