Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you all rename WebWork to XWork because WebWork was a misnomer? If the framework remains web-centric, why not just call it WebWork 1.4?
Blake Day > > On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 03:29 AM, Rickard Öberg wrote: > >> This is a very difficult question. Separating it from the >> javax.servlet API should be possible, but overall I have the feeling >> that trying to make a *too* generic solution might be crippling. >> >> A little poll: >> *) How many have actions that are used with more than one kind of >> dispatcher? >> *) How many are using WebWork in Swing apps? >> *) How many are using WebWork for RPC style stuff? (the >> ClientServletDispatcher and friends) >> > I don't use any of those and am quite unlikely to eve ruse them. > Reason: I use app clients. webwork/xwork to me is ALL about being web > only, and its role is to handle view related stuff and marshall things > for the backend. EJBs do all the actual 'meat'. Appclients for me > provide a far greater degree of separation, as if I went with the > webwork framework for my swing clients, due to the possibility of > wildly different UI's, I suspect I'd end up having to add a whole bunch > of special chains/collections of actions for the appclients to use. > > I strongly suspect that swing/non web usage makes up 1% or less of all > the users. Lets not make this unpleasant for the silent majority just > to win a marketing line or two or some coolness points by saying 'we > have nothing to do with the web!'. xwork should be targeted at the web, > and should make the life of web developers a lot more pleasant and fun. > It should NOT enforce that though and should work well outside of it, > but web people should definitely be the main target audience. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork -- Michael Blake Day Artistry Studios mobile: 770.480.1547 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
