> You are arguing that making ColdFusion behave like .NET is > unnecessary because all that .NET is doing is making web > development behave like desktop development. I agree that up > until web 2.0, comparing web development with desktop > development is like comparing apples and oranges. However, > with the advent of RIA's, isn't that the direction we are > headed?
No, I don't think so. Web 2.0 apps typically don't use the desktop metaphor. A Web 2.0 app is more like a dynamic document. You're clicking around to different "pages" even though the implementation involves a single HTML document. For example, Gmail has a mailbox page, a message page, a settings page, etc. Instead of being confined by specialized components like list boxes and tree controls, we have a document that we can change in an infinite number of ways. For example, Gmail can drop a reply box right at the end of the message list, and the rest of the page reflows around it. Instead of web apps moving in the direction of desktop apps, I'm seeing the opposite. Desktop apps are beginning to pick up patterns from web apps. We're ahead of the curve. :) Patrick -- Patrick McElhaney 704.560.9117 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:262249 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
