At 06:12 AM 1/10/2007 -0600, Stephen the Cook wrote:
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what the on earth is desktop software development?
Software that is designed to run on the local pc. WinForm vs Web in .net
speak.
...
Or smart vs. dumb for in PHB-speak.
;-)
-Charlie
Charlie Coleman wrote:
At 06:12 AM 1/10/2007 -0600, Stephen the Cook wrote:
...
what the on earth is desktop software development?
Software that is designed to run on the local pc. WinForm vs Web in
.net speak.
...
Or smart vs. dumb for in PHB-speak.
;-)
Probably more
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:28:37 -0500, Hal Kaplan
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However could you please provide a
definition for ...
FIDDLINESS
Fiddly (Adjective) Awkward to do or use, requiring a degree of manual
dexterity
FURTLE
Well, I used it in the South Yorkshire context of messing
When you can develop an application from start to finish without having
to ever worry about browser incompatibilities, the incredible fiddliness
of AJAX and ever having to even see HTML code let alone furtle it by
hand, etc, etc, THAT'S when the traditional desktop app will die. Long
way off yet.
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= When you can develop an application from start to finish
= without having to ever worry about browser
= incompatibilities, the incredible fiddliness of AJAX and
= ever having to even see HTML code let alone furtle it by
= hand
Crozier
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Nor have to depend on your phone or cable company connection!!! (the
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Alan Bourke wrote:
When you can develop an application from start to finish without having
to ever worry about browser incompatibilities, the incredible fiddliness
of AJAX and ever having to even see HTML code let
Accordingly to what a KPMG consultant told the company I was working for ten
years ago, the PC is dead and right now we all are using some sort of set
top box or thin client.
Oracle said that before, didn't it?
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Man-wai CHANG wrote:
Accordingly to what a KPMG consultant told the company I was working
for ten years ago, the PC is dead and right now we all are using some
sort of set top box or thin client.
Oracle said that before, didn't it?
Like IBM is today?
Stephen Russell
DBA / .Net Developer
Man-wai CHANG wrote:
Accordingly to what a KPMG consultant told the company I was working for ten
years ago, the PC is dead and right now we all are using some sort of set
top box or thin client.
Oracle said that before, didn't it?
The term grid computing comes to mind for some
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Accordingly to what a KPMG consultant told the company I was
working for ten
years ago, the PC is dead and right now we
His thesis, that rapid development, test-driven development, SOA,
scripting, and web-based updates are restricted to apps within the
browser is just missing the boat. He's confusing the implementation
with the architecture, imo.
what the on earth is desktop software development?
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About 90% of what all VFP development covers!
Dave Crozier
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His thesis, that rapid
Man-wai CHANG wrote:
His thesis, that rapid development, test-driven development, SOA,
scripting, and web-based updates are restricted to apps within the
browser is just missing the boat. He's confusing the implementation
with the architecture, imo.
what the on earth is desktop
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About 90% of what all VFP development covers!
Dave Crozier
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Dave,
Out of interest 80 - 90%% of my Foxpro programs run in batch overnight
Did he mean we are moving back to mainframe era, now called servers?
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About 90% of what all VFP development covers!
Dave Crozier
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Dave Crozier wrote:
You must miss the joy (not) of designing pretty user interfaces for petty
users who don't know their a*ses from their elbows. BG
Have you got any pretty users Dave? tell me more ;-)
Peter
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Dave Crozier wrote:
You must miss the joy (not) of designing pretty user interfaces for petty
users who don't know their a*ses from their elbows. BG
Have you got any pretty users Dave? tell me more ;-)
Peter
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petty # pretty...unfortunately...
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petty # pretty...unfortunately...
Oops... should have
SET DYSLEXIA OFF
before sending
Peter
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Peter,
You obviously also need:
Set GoForVisionTest ON
Before posting!
Dave Crozier
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Peter,
You obviously also need:
Set GoForVisionTest ON
Before posting!
Dave Crozier
Or more likely :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freudian_slip
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petty # pretty...unfortunately...
It does too often for my liking...
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Expect 2007 to mark the beginning of the end of desktop software development,
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/08/02FEspendappdev_1.html
or http://tinyurl.com/yj34qv
His thesis, that rapid development, test-driven development, SOA,
scripting, and web-based updates are restricted to apps
Ted Roche wrote:
Expect 2007 to mark the beginning of the end of desktop software
development,
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/08/02FEspendappdev_1.html
or http://tinyurl.com/yj34qv
His thesis, that rapid development, test-driven development, SOA,
scripting, and web-based updates
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