I think this discussion is off the track. If you have a specific application, for a specific class of customers, by all means bypass the middle man.
That's not what browsers and web protocols are intended for. Web protocols and browsers were invented to allow arbitrary content providers to easily provide rich content to arbitrary users, and conversely for users to accept content from unknown providers, with reasonable assurance that it is safe to do so. Considering Java, Flash, and GWT as alternative engines for providing untrusted desktop-like content; it all comes down to different sets of tradeoffs among availability, download/setup time, and capability. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
