As always it's horses for courses! The major benefit of bespoke systems is that they can be tailored to suit the task and there are undoubtedly some where the web application is best and others where a desktop application wins.
John John Weller 01380 723235 079763 93631 Sent from my iPad > On 4 Jun 2017, at 04:29, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Jun 3, 2017, at 1:46 PM, Thierry Nivelet <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> One of our clients, US based, has such an application. Initially the Web >> version was designed for the external partners -- suppliers and clients -- >> to interact with the company. Guess what, nowadays **all employees** of the >> company use the Web version, though it's undoubtedly slower. They all have a >> shortcut to the desktop application and no way, they use the web version. > > Years ago I had a VFP client who ran an inventory system I had helped to > write. I had an opportunity to visit the site once, and in the warehouse they > had a PC at several locations for the workers to enter their information. > Since it was a dusty place, the PC and keyboard were covered with these > yellowing plastic covers. The workers would fill their order, then find the > nearest PC and enter what they did. > > Thinking about that now, imagine if they could have had a mobile device, such > as a tablet or smartphone, and could have entered their information as they > filled their order, instead of having to go to one of the PCs nearby. If I > were to create an inventory system like that today, there is no way that I > would for a second consider creating a desktop app. Mobile capabilities are > critical in most things, whether an inventory system for a warehouse, or a > POS system for a small business. I went to the local farmer's market this > morning, and many of the vendors had tablet-based systems that took credit > cards. You just can't do things like that with a PC-only app. > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/signed > text/plain (text body -- kept) > application/pgp-signature > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
