You make some great points, Angel. I guarantee that when we move into the next phases of pushing the development envelope, we'll want you right there with us. When we get ready to implement Methodology Manager, I'll contact you privately.
Ever get the feeling that human advancement is achieved entirely by inventing cool sh*t, whether it's art, poetry, or technology? Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia Advanced Intensive Training: * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers * ColdFusion MX Master Class * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com Download CommerceBlocks V2.1 and LoRCAT from http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com The ColdFusion MX Bible is in bookstores now! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:45 AM Subject: RE: [plum] DateTime controls > Yes. > > This was what I was thinking of: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/understanding/pillars/avalon/default.aspx?pul > l=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/avalon3d.asp > > With the next OS iteration by microsoft, 3D displays and working with > 3Dimensional objects will become the de-facto method of user interaction with > the computer. > > Programming IDEs should follow suit, and we should also be presenting end users > with new ways to experience and interact with their data. > > Longhorn is also integrating web services accessibility into the OS, we would > have no need for a typical 'browser' interface per say, as web access should be > interpreted by any application on the desktop. All our notions of Headers, > Flash/No Flash,CSS etc. should go out the door as we gain the ability to push > full interfaces to the user across an HTTP link via the 'browser'. Everyone > should have the ability to drag and drop objects/widgets onto their desktop to > pull data across the internet right from the get go. If we want to give an > employee the ability to enter their time, we can develop a 3D interface that > will do so and have them use that on their systems, no need for an archaic > notion of a 'browser' with a 'webpage'. And since it will be available for > everyone , users won't really look at it as 'installing a program'. I'm thinking > of the 'browser' being pointed to a location and then reconfiguring itself into > a 3D interface, or any interface, transparent to the user. SO I think that > webservices, and I suppose more accurately building the blocks that will accept > input from any source, and then output it, is going to be the next big thing, > and actually presenting the data in Tables and Cells/CSS styles will give way to > people developing application interfaces that were previously the domain of > off-the shelf/stand-alone applications and simply not possible over 'the web'. > > Anyways..this is going OT :-) > > -Gel > > -----Original Message----- > From:Adam Churvis > > That's one hell of an idea, Angel! > > Plum V1.0 was originally going to ship with an associated utility called > Methodology Manager (those of you on this list from earlier Beta cycles probably > remember the command under the Utilities menu) that was going to visually build > the Plum Diagrams automatically from the requirements gathering process, so that > all your business processes were tied directly to ColdFusion pages and methods. > It was also going to automatically place the security constraints everywhere and > create the workflow path. We're probably still going to do this in a later > release, but just not now. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Member of Team Macromedia > >
