Kenneth Sizer Wed Sep 29 09:48:19 EDT 2004 >> On one EIS (Executive Information System) project, my compatriots >> and I found that applets gave us:
>> (1) A richer, more app-ish UI >> (2) enough of a load-time delay (even for smallish applets) that >> our executive target audience was instantly annoyed beyond >> recovery. >> Basically, we learned that when a CFO/CEO/et cetera clicks on a >> link they don't want to see no stinkin' "loading" banners, progress >> bars or big grey rectangles. Rowland Smith Wed Sep 29 09:54:22 EDT 2004 > Have you looked into using Java WebStart. I've used it on at least > two projects, including my current project for a telecom equipment > company and we're getting *very* positive feedback from our > customers. I don't doubt it, but I'm wondering if your customer profile is like Sizer's? IMHO target demographics should be carefully assessed when making deployment decisions like this. One simple observation: ceteris paribus, mgmt gets more IT support than line workers, and support levels provided increase non-linearly with the control the target has over the IT group's budget :-) As a result, many top-level managers have installation experience ~= 0: they don't touch an application until it has been not only installed for them, but very finely tuned for their usecases and their hardware (which is also usually the best). Accordingly their tolerance for application latency approaches zero. Net: wrt app deployment/delivery, "one size fits all" only applies to a homogenous target. Consider at least providing one vehicle for "the masses," and another for "da man." (Or woman--in my experience the user who got the most "kid-glove" treatment by an IT staff was Marye Anne "the Screamer" Fox, former chancellor of NCSU :-) _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
