> Nic, if delivering dynamic, interactive sites of a very high
> standard. What
> should be used?
Nothing that uses a web browser. HTML is a VERY basic page description
language. ActiveX is a security hole wide enough to sail the titanic thru.
DHTML is not a standard (well, it is - IE5 implements it and defines it, and
Netscape has been a no-show for 3 years, with 6.0 not looking so hot...),
Java in a browser is a joke, 'cos you can only rely on v1.0, which is fairly
brain dead (talk to the OrderGenie guys about it - they have tons of code to
get around the 1.0 problems) - or you can force the user to get the java
plugin, which is 15meg or so on its own.
I'd be thinking about either another delivery mechanism (custom APP that
talks HTTP maybe, ala Virtual Spectator), or something like Flash or
Director, which is a little more trust-worthy than ActiveX.
> ASP/HTML doesn't apply enough flexibility.
then think about doing an app on a CD, which talks over the net, rather than
doing something inside what must about the most abused and mis-used
application type of all time.
Sorry for sounding down on this, but I've seen browsers used for SO many
things that they were never designed for, and failing miserably.
BTW, thought about how you get at your data via ActiveX? BDE is a little
large (8? 12meg?)...
N
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