Hi Ben, The double click on icon part is so low on elitist technical ladder yet the most often cited reason as the advantage of a mobile app over a URL shortcut to a WAP site. So it is a big user perspective need. -nitish
2012/1/21 Ben <[email protected]> > Hey All, > > I just downloaded OpenBD.Local to give it a while. This is awesome! > Thanks! > > I have a couple apps that I made for work that currently run on the > Ready To Run version and it would be really nice to have them run as a > "stand alone" app for other users who aren't familiar with running a > "webserver". > > I did come up with a couple of suggestions that would be very helpful. > > A little background. In my case, I could be running multiple versions > of OpenBD.Local on the same computer. I've tried running multiple > versions on different ports and it seems to be just great so that > isn't a concern. The main thing is seperating which app is which. > With that said, here we go! > > 1) The ability to change the icon. This would be great to make the > app a little more customized to the particular application it is > running and in my case, at a glance know which apps are running and > which ones aren't. > > 2) When you double click the icon, have it automatically open the > app. This would be great so you don't have to rely on right clicking > and choosing open. Just helping the world be lazy, I mean > efficient. ;) > > 3) A list and directions on how to make a "lite" version of OpenBD. > This may already exist. I just thought about it while crafting this > email. :) This would be really useful for apps that say don't use a > database. Having the database drivers in the lib folder are overkill > to a "lite" app. So if there was something to say what each jar was > for and which ones were safe to remove would be great! > > Well.....I think that is it for now! Thanks for all your great > efforts! Very much appreciate over here!! > > Ben Davis > > -- > online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ > google+ hints/tips: https://plus.google.com/115990347459711259462 > http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en > > Join us @ http://www.OpenCFsummit.org/ Dallas, Feb 2012 > -- -Nitish "Faith is a free Option" http://www.forcesofindia.com/profiles/np -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ google+ hints/tips: https://plus.google.com/115990347459711259462 http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en Join us @ http://www.OpenCFsummit.org/ Dallas, Feb 2012
