--- Wayne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ken Rubin wrote:
> >
> >
> > The GUI is considered by many to be pushing
> > state-of-the-art.
> >
> >
> > Conversely, there are some issues and current
> > activities:
> >
> > -VistA is based on an aging application
> > infrastructure. Efforts are underway within VHA
> to
> > determine the next generation architecture and
> migrate
> > towards it. The "plumbing" behind the GUI has
> > significant maintenance issues, and VHA is facing
> > continuing challenges in this area.
> >
> > -To my knowledge, any reengineering effort
> relating to
> > VistA will have minimal GUI impacts. We have an
> > interface well liked and accepted, so the "end
> user"
> > impact of the reengineering would be largely
> > unnoticable.
> >
> What kind of GUI is this? VT220, PC ActiveX
> controls, Web/HTML?
At present, the GUI is fat-client based (Not sure,
but I think ActiveX coded in Delphi). Future plans
are likely to be web-based. I should note that many
sites are using thin-client (MTS or Citrix) solutions.
> While this may seem a really stupid question, the
> issue of desktop platform
> support always comes up. And some of us have been
> really successful in
> getting the call to web delivery to be an expected
> thing from the user
> perspective.
>
> Even having two GUI's, one a full capability GUI
> running on the workstation
> and the other being a more limited GUI running on
> HTML would be acceptable.
This is being explored, particularly for mobile
computing offerings.
> But having no web launching at all would be the kiss
> of death now, whereas 2-5
> years ago, it wouldn't have been.
>
- Ken
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