> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:32 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: wussy-wig editor > > On Thursday 13 Jan 2005 11:57 am, Adam Haskell wrote: > > I highly doubt that this program is going to lock a person into > > It requires your customer to have a Windows O/S to use your web site.
Which is perfectly acceptable in many situations. If the tool was only needed for an "admin" area (private, small user base) it may save money or provide more features to dictate a platform. Most enterprises have standardized on a single, supported browser platform. The application I'm currently building at the office is an HTML Application - IE 5-6 only. This is fine in this case because the application is internal only and used by a small handful of users (it updates inconsistent mainframe client data). The HTA framework allows for a lot of functionality I couldn't otherwise use (or couldn't quickly and cheaply use) in cross-browser environment. The enterprise time tracking system is IE only as is our defect tracking system (from Mercury) and many of our internal change management systems. When your dealing with several thousand desktops it makes nothing but sense to standardize and leverage that standardization. It doesn't make sense to spend time and money building (and testing) cross-platform tools when those other platforms aren't even supported in the environment the tool will be used in. Of course that doesn't mean it's ALWAYS applicable. I would consider a Windows only solution for a public site or a for a cross-affiliate site. But in a lot of cases it's a perfectly reasonable, intelligent design decision. In the end it all depends on the circumstances. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:190395 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
