Hi Rony - Hi,
"Can anyone guide me in understanding, what are the key factors to be considered while redesigning a legacy (green screen) application to a web UI interface application?." That's an intriguing question, but I'm not sure its the right one. What does the application currently do? What's the advantage in moving it to the web? How could the new application grow to be more valuable to the customer than the old (as opposed to just a replacement for existing technology). If the customer has held on to the system this long, they're either really cheap, or the existing system is a critical part of their business. This means the existing users can already tell you their main likes and dislikes about the system. If you start with the existing users, what they like and dislike about existing workflows specifically and their job more generally you'll have a pretty good idea of where to start with porting the functionality over to the new system. As for the technology, I'm not sure what the requirements are, but there are a lot of emerging solutions that allow the flexibility of a desktop app with the convenience of a web App. (Check out Adobe Flex/AIR or Google Gears) You may want to consider something like this over a straight up web app (which only work when connected to the web/network). The advantage of this sort of approach is that it would allow you to adapt the application to different types of devices and form factors depending on the user task - consoles, hand held, lap top, sensor system. Also, these applications can work in a "sometimes connected" environment, storing data locally and then posting to the server when its available - a good solution for a warehouse or something where wireless can be problematic. Just a thought. Especialy with reagards to task flows, forms and the toggle between keyboard and mouse. Sorry if this topic as already been discussed, maybe someone can provide me the thread. Thanks a ton! Rony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=26622 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
