You would, I think, love some of the apps I've put together. The problem though, as far as other developers go, is that they really are a whole different paradigm than what most are used to.
Ironically, the very first web app I did for my current employer some five years ago is the best example of it... You have to sit through a 10-second delay at startup, give or take, and after that it is blazingly fast (except when database or mainframe access has to happen). Simply put, there isn't the usual HTML rendering happening on the server because the HTML essentially already exists. Any request simply results in what amounts to token replacements in existing markup. It is a bit more dependant on the capabilities of the client, i.e., you can notice a difference in the performance of the app between a 500MHz P3 and a 2GHz P4, more than you would a typical webapp. To think it could be even better now with the dawning of the AJAX age (XMLHttpRequest was brand-spanking new then, the app was already nearing completion) is an amazing thought. -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com On Tue, April 19, 2005 1:10 pm, Dave Newton said: > Dakota Jack wrote: > >>I don't think he said "absolutely everyone, including specifically >>Erik Weber", Erik. You turn out, in the end, to be just a person: not >>people. ///;-) >> >> > Not me, though; I'm actually people. > > I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other. > > <on-topic obligatory='true'> > I like fast download times, but I hate the web: I want any page that's > more complicated than "Here, download this, you'll be better off" to > have functionality that doesn't make me wait all the time. For a server > round-trip. Sometimes it's faster the Ajax way, as far as I can tell. > > I _hate_ the way maps work on mapquest; I _love_ the google maps--much > more intuitive, much easier to maintain continuity across map sections, > etc. Blows me away every time I drag that sucker. > </on-topic> > > Dave > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
