I agree, desktop applications are sometimes a requirement or just an improvement over a browser based application.
For example: compare maps.google.com to google earth. :-) What I still don't understand is why you would include any part of struts with a desktop application. :-) Larry On 8/21/05, Gregoire Diboula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin Gainty wrote: > > As a followup > > Why limit users to downloading a clumsy desktop app when a browser based > > solution would run leaner and capture a much wider audience? > > A desktop application can also be browser based. A typical example is > Google Desktop search. So, I guess you meant a centralized web based > application. Well, considering the same example of desktop search, you > see that there are cases where desktop applications still make sense. > > Gregoire. > > Martin- > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Meadors" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:16 AM > > Subject: Re: Struts in Desktop Application > > > > > > For a desktop app? > > > > Struts makes very little sense in that environment. If you layer your > > application well (Data Access -> Business Logic -> View), struts would > > just get in the way of a desktop application. > > > > Larry > > > > > > On 8/21/05, Gregoire Diboula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi *, > >> > >> Please help me in taking this decision. I am leading the development > >> team of a desktop application. We are considering the eventuality of > >> having our application running in Jetty and based on Struts. > >> > >> We are, however afraid of the size that the final application will get. > >> My question is, therefore: do I really need all of the libraries and > >> files of the Struts distribution (struts/lib)? What library (or file) > >> can I omit and what is essential? > >> > >> Thanks for your support, > >> > >> Gregoire. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
