On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 09:09:45AM -0400, Williams, Mark L CIV NSWC-PC wrote:
: That said, are there any observations about the feasibility of using
: Swing for building GUIs to be used via browser?

Using the web as a conduit for applets (Swing apps) defeats the purpose
of the web's "thin-client" design. ;) If you want a web-based app, aim
for thin technologies -- that is, server-side computations and resources
-- and you can save yourself some headaches.


: I find too many
: unexpected browser peculiarities when trying to do anything too
: complicated (probably just me, but...) and would like to use something
: more definitively controlled (or more predictable in operation). All my
: users will be using MS Internet Explorer, typically v5.5.

If you have control over the deployment environment then you can go
whole-hog with browser-specific markup and javascript.  Many companies
do this internally and it simplifies testing, deployment, etc.

-QM


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