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Re: Web based or app based ?

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Subject: Re: Web based or app based ?
From: Rick Praetzel <rick@thedigitalseason.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:23:10 -0600
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I am on the other side of it.
I find web apps to be unsightly, slow, and awkward because they run in a browser which is unsightly, slow, and awkward.
So I write apps that run over the internet as desktop applications.

Examples would be:
Online timecard submission for consultants.
Campground reservation system and credit card authorization.
Cash Register and Inventory systems.
Timecard and Payroll systems.
Database management tools.

Almost everything I write is database related.

If you write for web, you need to write for at least 3 browsers, each of which is in a different state of compliance with the most recent web document model. And then some users are not using the most recent version of their browser type.

But on my desktop app, I can get it to look and behave the same way for everyone.
Using a lot of custom controls, of course...

Rick


Rick Praetzel
Desert Sand Software
www.desertsandsoftware.com
RB 2008r5.1 Dual 2.5 GHz G5, 5GB RAM, OSX 10.5.7
MesaMySQL database browser/editor
MesaSQLite database browser/editor

On 30/06/2009, at 3:39 AM, fargo@rpgportland.com wrote:

Hi All,
Where would you draw the line between making a web based app or an
application ? Then of course I am talking about a database app not like a
idvd / photoshop.


Best regards,


Trausti

For me, being primarily a web guy, if it boils down to some form
inputs/outputs then it's no-contest, web site all the way.


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