Sannyasin Sivakatirswami wrote: > I changed the thread on this because I am also following the > > MC-->PostGreSQL closely in its own right... > > OK, so agreed, we can use Metacard to provide content over the web. > I am doing it already in a very small way... but let's we discuss this > in a larger context (we got 1.7 million visitors on just three of our > domains in 2002... those are visitors, not hits) > > If one broaches the subject of putting in time to develop content for > MC based delivery, saying > > "I can get 20 times the content ready for delivery in the same time it > would take to get 1 unit of content out via HTML." (I just spend a > month of my time with another team member getting one book on line as > HTML... amazing amount of human resources required to do such a simple > thing.) > > The answer is typically "Well, that's nice, but you are not going to > reach as many people... how many are going to download your plug in? > You still have to get them to go via a browser and download your > stuff... why not just put it up in html in the first place." > > So, what kinds of strategies can anyone suggest to take this beyond the > "consensus reality" barrier?
One usability argument is at: Beyond the Browser Rediscovering the Role of the Desktop in a Net-centric World <http://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/netapps.html> For public sites there are admittedly few compelling reasons to counter the confusion factor with helper apps (keeping in mind that 100 is an average IQ). For intranets, however, there are many compelling arguments. Perhaps the most significant is the >$1 billion in productivity lost to US corporations to employees doing random Web surfing. MC provides a way to build network-distributable content that is richer than the Web, can be more cost-effective, and provides a focus limited to whatever the stakeholders want. There's also an argument for specialized content beng delivered to focused public audiences, which will be evidenced in a modest lil' gadget I'll be making available by Christmas eve.... -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Developer of WebMerge 2.1: Publish any database on any site ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
