At one point about 2 years ago, i was asked to develop a simple CF app that helped managers write some 'weekly status reports' that were rolled up to upper management and then some of those items were rolled up even further up the tree etc.
it died a miserable death after a while because many of the managers complained that they wrote their status while traveling - sitting on planes, in airports etc when they had no connectivity... so yes, in my mind there are plenty of applications for offline storage of data and uploading when connected. Mitch --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 11:10 AM 2/4/2007, you wrote: > > >Many users are still disconnected. Nomad users are still common > >place. Most sales people are getting out o the road in order to > >create opportunities as opposed to staying in the office. Few rural > >areas are 100% covered by high speed (wifi,gprs,gsm,3G) access. The > >concept of disconnected apps is becoming more and more intriguing > >for business and the demands for such apps more and more numerous. > > I can't fathom needing an Internet connection while driving. Nor > can I imagine going to a client / potential client who doesn't have > Internet Access. Is it really that common? > > > >The prospect of using an embedded db like sqlite(open source, cross > >platform dll) to store data, Apollo being able to natively exploit > >that data directly on the client when disconnected, and update the > >central data store when connected; is one simple but enormous opportunity. > > Apollo offers an embedded DB? I haven't heard that yet. > > > >I'm seriously hoping that Apollo is not just for partially > >disconnected applications. > > I still don't get it, though. I'm open to hearing the ideas. Of > course, I still think such a conversation would be better off on the > Apollo Coders list. > > > > -- > Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer > AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 > -- > My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> > My Podcast: <http://www.theflexshow.com> > My Blog: <http://www.jeffryhouser.com> > Connecticut Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com> >
