you wrote:
> unless your UI is poorly designed requiring them to go through
> multiple pages for each entry. Cf, however, my point about frames below.
Actually, I'd argue that the GUI is badly designed if it does NOT
require multiple pages for each entry. The TPM limit creates a
pressure to make big, convoluted pages to limit the TPMs.
I'd rather have lightweight transactions, and small, clear pages that
only list a limited, focused amount of information at a time.
e.g.
1) open claims page
2) click on one page => get contact infrmationo => call customer
3) call goes through => click continue button => get status page
4) talk to customer => if need be create a new log entry in a
split-view aka frame that contains a form
5) hang up and save.
Means you have at least five requests. If in the mean time you add
contact info, because he gave you the cell phone number, or vacation
address, etc. you have a bunch more.
The alternative would be huge single page with multiple sections, lots
of scrolling, etc. I think that's bad GUI design, but it's what is
encouraged with the TPM limit.
I think both the TPM and user limits have their respective drawbacks.
Apple got the idea with OSXS, where they didn't do some silly per client
license. If I were Apple, I'd sell WO for $2.5k totally unlimited, and
compete with all the mass market web tools head on.
I'd then chard a $20k upgrade for automatic failover and loadbalancing.
So people who need that would need to dish out a total of $42.5k, and
they can afford it...
The main issue is really not if the new pricing is fair or not. It is
fair, but Apple needlessly limits its market, rather than going for
marketshare NOW when things are still flexible. Once ASP and similar
crap is entrenched everywhere, it's too late. Why does Apple follow
a policy that will lead them to say in a few years: "The web war is
over, MS owns the web!" (I allude here to Apple's past high-end
policy for the Mac, which led to fat profits for a while, and to
Windows desktop dominance in the long haul, and resulted in Jobs'
infamous quote: "The desktop war is over, Windows owns the desktop."
(or something akin))
Ronald
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